Fallon is a Sleep Practitioner, sleep researcher, and founder of Children’s Sleep Australia, Infant Sleep Australia, and the Sombelle Paediatric Sleep Clinic Programs. She is a Senior Honorary Fellow of the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and Honorary Fellow at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Fallon has published her paediatric sleep research in major paediatric journals, presenting her findings at scientific conferences and appearing to audiences of 250+ million on news outlet worldwide.

Fallon completed her LifeCourse Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital, where she focused on examining developmental outcomes following paediatric sleep difficulties. Additional professional development at Harvard University and the Boston Children’s Hospital, rounds out Fallon’s depth of experience and expertise engaging with families experiencing sleep difficulties.

Fallon has the following qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor of Science with 1st class honours (Psychology & Psychophysiology)

• PhD (Psychophysiology): Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for childhood trauma; Neural correlates of childhood trauma.

• Postdoctoral Fellowship: Preventing infant sleep problems and associated postnatal depression.

• LifeCourse Postdoctoral Fellowship: Paediatric sleep and associations with child outcomes.

• Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, WINK, certified practitioner.

• Advanced Cognitive Therapy for Insomnia, WINK, certified practitioner.

• Treating Teen Sleep Problems, WINK, certification pending.

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for School Kids Sleep Problems, WINK, certification pending.

• Morning Light Therapy, WINK, certification pending.

• Professional development: Sleeping Sound Autism

Fallon is a member of the following professional organisations:

• International Pediatric Sleep Association

• WINK Sleep

• Association of Professional Sleep Consultants (APSC)

She’s a parent too!

Fallon has three children aged 7, 11 and 13 years. She lives in rural Victoria with her kids, 3 dogs and 3 ducks, in an old farmhouse that sorely needs renovating. She loves gardening.