This program prepares you to become professional breastfeeding educators with a unique perspective that integrates traditional, evidence-based lactation education with additional integrative modalities such as functionally-based nutrition, healthy sleep, and stress management throughout the breastfeeding journey. Our focus is on a holistic approach to establishing healthy breastfeeding relationships that begin during preconception and continue through the stage of weaning. Our Integrative Breastfeeding Educators fill an important role in promoting healthy breastfeeding relationships by educating, supporting and counseling families in response to their individual needs.
The IPHI does not believe in a “one size fits all” approach to providing breastfeeding education to our clients. We realize that sometimes there are other solutions beyond traditional lactation management that can help facilitate a successful outcome, which is the reason behind our integrative approach.
Our Integrative Breastfeeding Educator certification program is unique because it not only builds on the foundations of lactation education basics covering topics such as the basic anatomy and physiology of lactation, early attachment of the infant, common breastfeeding problems and solutions, the importance of human milk, expression of breastmilk, and so much more – but it also focuses attention on the importance of whole foods nutrition, food sensitivities in the breastfed baby, starting solid foods, promoting holistic sleep solutions while also supporting the breastfeeding relationship, maternal stress and its impact while breastfeeding, and integrative and complementary therapies in addition to the overall health and wellness of the mother-baby dyad.
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
All of our courses are taught online. All you need is Internet access to login and be part of each class.
Self-Directed: all sessions are pre-recorded and you are given access to the new modules as you complete each one. You will email your instructor, or attend a weekly/monthly conference-call with the instructor, to ask any questions you may have as needed.
Our program is a combination of online sixteen self-directed study modules and optional online calls to support your journey. Calls are recorded so you may listen if you cannot attend. You will also have access to our private online Facebook group where you will get to interact with our graduates and members represented in countries throughout the world.
Our program has been designed for birth, postpartum and health professionals who desire to begin or expand their knowledge and career working with breastfeeding families to provide integrative lactation education, support and resources in order to specifically meet their breastfeeding goals. This is a wonderful addition for any maternity/parenting professional who is currently working with lactating moms and is a wonderful complimentary program for sleep consultants, doulas, baby planners, newborn care specialists, pre and post natal yoga instructors, health coaches, family coaches, parenting coaches, nutritionists and more.
IF
✓ You are truly passionate about helping clients in the most holistic powerful life changing way with proven positive and healthy long term solutions
✓ You want to learn from an experienced, highly talented faculty who provides students and graduates with a wealth of support
✓ You are inspired by a holistic evidenced based comprehensive and life changing curriculum that has trained doctors, midwives, naturopaths, pharmacists, behavioral therapists etc.
✓ You are committed to building a solid business that you’ll be proud of
✓ Your views and philosophies are holistic, integrative and you want to help empower families to do what is best for THEM using a customized approach
✓ You resonate with a Team Led approach
✓ You see solutions rather than problems
✓ You love working within a community of professionals who uplift and empower each other
✓ You care about high quality standard certification process and value the strength of the organization that has been well established since 2009 …
Then, International Parenting & Health Institute is right for you!
Benefits of Certifying Through IPHI
Graduate From a Credible Educational Institute
IPHI remains the industry leader in parenting and health education. We are the first organization to pioneer and introduce a holistic team-based approach and integrate a variety of valuable subjects to each of our programs. We have a great reputation, strong standards and with our certification logo you can feel proud.
Receive Training by a Well-Established Talented Experienced Life & Business Strategist, Pioneer & Accomplished Parenting & Health Master
IPHI’s founder, Mar De Carlo is also the founder of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants, International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals, Business Sanctuary and Physical Awakening Yoga School. She has a wealth of training and experience, over 27 years and is known for her creative, cutting edge and integrative approach connecting and bridging systems in a variety of industries across the globe that have transformed thousands of lives in 65 countries. She has developed high quality level curriculums and educates and train professionals to start, expand and grow businesses that transform lives through a unique holistic integrative approach which she introduced and pioneered to all the companies she has founded. This includes supporting professionals to personally develop and overcome challenges while accomplishing their business, personal and financial goals. Clients enjoy working with her because of her strong optimistic mindset, boundless energy, practical solutions and empowering holistic approach that has been proven effective and long term. Doctors, Naturopaths, Midwives, Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Behavioral Therapists are just a few examples of the many professionals, Mar has trained. In addition, she is also highly skilled with professional industry standards, scope and boundaries to practice and business mastery. Many have been so inspired by Mar that they have gone on to follow in her footsteps.
Rest Assured From Our Proven Track Record
IPHI has over 3000 international graduates in 65 countries around the globe who have completed our programs, preparing them for a rewarding and transformational career. Our programs are offered in 10 different languages.
Get Educated by a Highly Skilled & Talented Faculty
Our talented faculty has a wealth of experience, training and professional mastery in their field in addition to providing a wealth of support and mentorship to our students and graduates.
Gain Professional Mastery from Industry Experts
IPHI provides the most comprehensive training like no other. Each of our certification programs have introduced subjects and perspectives that have been life changing for our participants and the clients they work with.
Business Mastery and Personal Development
IPHI provides includes comprehensive business training to support your professional development and health and lifestyle tips for to support your personal development so you can show up most powerfully for your business.
Benefit from Mentorship, Support Calls and Group Forums
We offer an incredible amount of support. We have maintained a high reputation for the quality of support we provide our students and graduates through mentorship, support calls and group forums.
No Annual Membership or Licensing Fees
We follow reputable certification industry standards and do not charge licensing fees to maintain our certification. Rather we support your continued education by requiring you to renew your certification every two years so that you stay up to date with the latest research and education. The only fee is a small application fee.
Summer Baker, Integrative Breastfeeding Educator instructor for the International Parenting & Health Institute, is a Registered Nurse and a Breastfeeding Educator. Her passion is empowering women with easy to comprehend education about how their bodies function during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. With over 20 years of inpatient L&D and NICU experience, she is able to put together all pieces of the puzzle and present the information in a way that families can process and use. Through extensive experience in both the hospital and community setting, she has developed a very effective way of communicating the basic concepts of breastfeeding and is a Daisy Award recipient for this very talent. She looks forward to passing on a wealth of breastfeeding knowledge with you, her secrets and working together to get the word out to positively transform the lives of women as they transition toward motherhood.
https://www.daisyfoundation.org/daisy-award/honorees/summer-baker
“My wife and I are first time parents and our son was admitted to the NICU twelve hours after he was born. We were completely terrified. All of the nurses did an amazing job, but Summer really stood out. We were lucky to have her assigned to us for four straight day shifts. Her optimism, enthusiasm, and encouragement helped carry us through tough diagnoses, struggles with breastfeeding, and general exhaustion. The first time my wife pumped over an ounce of milk we were excited, but couldn’t wait to show Summer. I know that’s silly, but we really felt like Summer was in this with us the whole way and that brought us so much comfort. We felt very lucky to have such good care and nurses the whole time we were here. Everyone has been great and as long as we are in New Orleans our babies will be born at Touro.”
We are proud to be known as the first organization to:
Introduce the first Baby Planner certification program in 2009 to the Baby Planner professional industry and authored the first baby planning book to the Baby Planner industry titled “The Baby Planner: A Guide to Becoming a Baby Planner and Starting Your Own Business.”
Introduce the first Holistic Pregnancy & Child Sleep Consultant Certification in 2011 to the Child Sleep Consultant industry and Integrative Adult Sleep Coach Certification in 2015, training professionals and raising an incredible amount of awareness to vital subjects that, at the time, were not being considered or evaluated as part of the child sleep consultant-client relationship. This led us to introduce our Holistic Science of Sleep Method for Adult & Child Sleep.
Introduce and launch an Eco-Maternity Consultant & Greenbirth Educator certification program in 2010, expanding coaching professionals knowledge and skillset for non-toxic living.
Introduce and launch an integrative Pre-Post Natal Nutrition Coach Certification program in 2013, expanding coaching professionals holistic nutrition knowledge and skillset for working with clients throughout pregnancy and postpartum.
We have a very different approach and philosophy toward the standard mainstream roles and definitions professions such as “Baby Planner” and “Sleep Trainer”, “Adult Sleep Caoch”,“Nutrition Coach” “Eco-Consultant”. We believe in highly integrative, team based and holistic approaches that are very comprehensive, on the cutting edge and based on our founder 25+ years experiences in the industries health, fitness, yoga, parenting and business. We consider each client’s unique needs and meet them where they are at.
We are an accredited educational parenting and health institution represented in 65 countries.
We have a talented faculty team.
We offer continuous support via member support calls and a private online group for current students and graduates that you can access at any time.
We update our courses regularly and require our graduates to pursue their continuing education in order to maintain an active certification.
Once you officially receive your certification and maintain it, you receive a lifetime of program updates so long as you keep your certification active and renew it every two years.
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We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discovery, PayPal, bank transfers and checks.
The International Parenting & Health Institute is an International Organization and so all of our courses are recognized in all countries, provided the profession isn’t regulated by law in your country.
On average we find most students spend between 5-6 hours per week. Many of our students work full-time jobs and find it quite convenient to take an online course that is recorded and available to be listened to at any time day or night! However, we do not encourage rushing through our programs. In fact we motivate and inspire our students to learn in a stress free environment and in a way they can take their time to properly absorb and apply the information they are learning. This is why we provide our students a one year course deadline and a one time three month complimentary extension if needed.
1 payment of $995 or 4 monthly payments of $275
To apply to the International Parenting & Health Institute, we ask you to fill out an enrollment form and submit a resume that will help us assess your qualifications and requirement standards. Once all the application components have been submitted and reviewed, if you are accepted, you will be contacted for a 30-minute interview. Upon acceptance, you will be guided through the payment process and course access to immediately begin your journey.
Your investment for our entire program includes our online curriculum, private community, a designated course instructor, support calls and bonus business training, Sleep Consultants with their own business can price their services anywhere from $75-250 an hour. If you work full time, you have a potential of earning six figures and if your work part-time, you can easily earn back your tuition investment ten fold. Of course commitment, discipline, focus and motivation are necessary to achieve these financial results, but the opportunity is available and we’re here to support you every step of the way throughout your learning process.This is why we do not offer a course discount. The return on your small investment is a great one, not only financially but for your personal educational growth as well.
Your investment amount for the entire program includes our comprehensive online curriculum, private community, a designated course instructor and bonus business training. Coaches with their own business can price their services anywhere from $75-250 an hour. If you work full time, you have a potential of earning six figures and if your work part-time, you can easily earn back your tuition investment ten fold. Of course commitment, discipline, focus and motivation are necessary to achieve these financial results, but the opportunity is available and we’re here to support you every step of the way throughout your learning process.The return on your small investment is a great one, not only financially but for your personal educational growth as well where as a business owner you have unlimited growth potential. We look forward to learning more about you and supporting your professional development.
To remain IPHI recognized, and to continue receiving the benefits of an IPHI trained professional, students are required to maintain a standard of professional development measured every two years after receiving their official certification.
This consists of 3 easy steps:
Step 1: Earn 25 Professional Development Credits every two years (continuing education credits/CEUs) Professional Development Credits can be acquired many different ways, such as, attending seminars or conferences related to professional development in the maternity industry, participation in webinars that offer educational classes, writing book reports, completing case histories, etc…. 1 hour = 1 professional development credit
Step 2: Be covered by current liability insurance if your country or state requires it.
Step 3: Complete and submit the IPHI certification renewal form which includes a processing fee of $75.
We are excited to meet you and we look forward to supporting your professional journey.
PO BOX 996, Ojai, CA 93024
Phone: 415-754-5277
Fax: 805-372-1510
