Administrators and teachers can record sleep checks in the brightwheel app for napping students with associated Observation and Position labels. This feature enables administrators to quickly view sleep checks on the Room Feed and individual Student feeds so they know they are compliant with licensing regulations. These records can be provided to licensing if they ask to produce documentation to prove compliance.
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Recording a Sleep Check on the App
Once the start of a nap has been logged, staff and administrators can track Sleep Checks through the Add Activity button on the brightwheel app.
Tap on the Nap activity for the student/s that need a sleep check recorded
Tap Sleep Check
Complete the Observation, Position, and/or Note fields as needed
Observation labels include
Labored Breathing
Flushed
High Body Temp
Restless
Position labels include
Stomach
Side
Back
Tap Add Activity to save
Sleep Checks will show up in student activity feeds, nested under the Start Nap activity. Existing sleep checks can be edited by tapping “Edit Activity” in the Start Nap on the feed, and tapping into the individual Sleep Checks, which will be listed under the Start Nap.
Please note: All Sleep Checks will be, by default, staff-only. There is not currently a way to make these visible to parent-level or family contacts.
Recording a Sleep Check on the Web
Click to expand My School and select Rooms
Click the Room tab, or a specific student profile
If adding directly from the student profile, click the student Feed tab
If adding from the room feed, select a room
Click the + Add Activity button
Select Nap
Use the Student field to select an individual, some, or all students
Adjust the Time as needed
Click Sleep Check
Complete the Observation, Position, and/or Note fields as needed
Observation labels include
Labored Breathing
Flushed
High Body Temp
Restless
Position labels include
Stomach
Side
Back
When ready, click Add Sleep Check
Viewing Sleep Checks
Sleep Checks will be visible in the student’s feed, nested under the Start Nap activity. Each sleep check will display the check time, the person who checked, the observations, position, and note (if recorded).
Sleep check records for compliance may be needed for an individual student or a specific room. Administrators can easily access this information from the web by student and room feeds.
To view sleep checks for individual students:
Log in to brightwheel on the web
Click My School > Students from the purple menu
Locate student profile
Select Feed
Under activity type, filter for Nap
Each recorded sleep check will be nested with the start nap activity
To view sleep checks for a room:
Log in to brightwheel on the web
Click My School > Rooms from the purple menu
Select a room
Click Feed
Under activity type, filter for Nap
Each recorded sleep check will be nested with the start nap activity for each student in the room that the activity was recorded for
From here, you can print this page for your records to meet your basic needs; it shows all the information that has been recorded on each sleep check and nap.
California Licensing
California accepts digital or print records of sleep checks to demonstrate compliance with California’s safe sleep regulations. There is no specific form for California sleep checks at this time; California simply requires that providers document date, infant’s name, time of each check, staff member who performed the check, and any signs of distress. When providers use the brightwheel sleep check feature, all of these required details are recorded digitally. Providers can show an on-site agent these digital sleep checks from the brightwheel app or desktop browser, and can also print sleep checks per the instructions above.