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Learn the Holistic Approach to Child Sleep that Begins Before Baby is Born based on our founder Mar De Carlo’s Holistic Science of Sleep Method and book “Awakening Through Sleep.”
Mar says, “Our bodies do not need to technically be “trained” to sleep. By nature’s design, human bodies are already programmed to sleep and will do so if we support the process and uncover what is getting in the way. “
The HSS Method does not believe in a “one size fits all” approach to sleep consulting. Instead we use what our founder Mar has coined as “Sleep Optimizing” strategies to thoroughly investigate and address imbalances in optimal human function (physical, mental, emotional) and external forces (social, cultural, environmental) that inhibit sleep and may lead to adult and child sleep challenges during pregnancy, parenting during infancy and beyond.
This self-paced program consists of 9 modules and will examine the entire context for sleep – the physical, emotional, social, developmental and environmental factors – and learn to understand the natural factors that regulate and influence sleep through a various stages of human development development.
Our specialization programs are designed for established professionals who are not looking to start a new career and want to continue working in their current field expanding their skills with a specialty that utilizes our unique holistic approach.
For example:
This program is not designed for people who want to turn child sleep coaching into an exclusive career. It’ designed for established profesionals who do not want to change their career and just want to receive additional education to enhance their skills in their current profession as doctor, nurse, doula, personal trainer etc. If you do not have an established professional practice in another complimentary field, are not working with clients and if you do not have any consulting experience, this program is not designed for you.
Our adult sleep specialty program provides established professionals working in complimentary fields, continuing education and tools for adult sleep but does not go into comprehensive depth to train you for a child sleep coaching career. If you want to receive an in depth comprehensive training as well as a certification, visit our Holistic Pregnancy & Child Sleep Consultant Certification Program.
Our specialization programs are designed for established professionals already working with clients who are not looking to start a new career, do not need a certification and want to continue working in their current field expanding their skills with a specialty that utilizes our unique holistic approach.
Our program prepares you to work with, address, and resolve a variety of pregnancy and child sleep issues ranging through an in depth evaluation applying our Holistic Science of Sleep Method which takes on a Team Based approach for every family.
The Structure of Our Programs
Our Holistic Child Sleep specialization program consists of 9 self-directed modules.
HOW OUR PROGRAMS WORK
ONLINE INSTRUCTION
All of our courses are taught online. All you need is Internet access to login to our online platform to access each class.
SUPPORT
Email support is available throughout your learning journey.
Course Deadline
Participants have nine months to complete our program. Depending on a partcipants background, learning style and time availability, they could be eligible to complete our course in three months.
Course Requirements
Upon completion of our Holistic Child Sleep specialization program. participants receive a Certificate of Completion to use for continuing education hours and to add to their current profession’s skil set.
Participants must complete all course requirements which include completion of quizzes and a final test.
What you will find in your training:
Introduction:
1. Why we created this course
2. How our course and holistic approach to child sleep perfectly supports your work with families
3. Your holistic role and relationship with families
4. Key take aways and what you will get out of this course
Chapter 1. The Science of Sleep
1. The importance of healthy sleep
2. How Sleep Works (Biological, Neurological, Behaviorl)
3. The Stages and Cycles of Sleep from Infancy
4. Postpartum Care and why it matters for healthy child sleep
5. The Role of Secure attachment
6. The Role of Sunlight
7. Why Babies are not born good or bad sleepers
8. Child Development and Sleep Development
a. Sleep Cues
b. Sleep Requirements
c. Sleep Consolidation
d. Sleep & Wake Windows
e. Feeding Windows
f. Activities & Milestones
Chapter 2. Basics of Sleep
1. The importance of healthy sleep
2. Developing Healthy Sleep Habits from Birth
3. Why Sleep is a Family Issue, not just a child issue
4. Family Environmment & Lifestyle
5. Parental/Caregiver Emotional Well-Being & It’s Impact on Child Sleep
Chapter 3. Common Sleep Challenges
a. Difficulty falling asleep
b. Not wanting to sleep in their own bed
c. Excessive crying
d. Frequent nightwakings
e. Short sleep windows
f. Early Rising
Chapter 4. The Holistic Science of Sleep Method
1. The Controversy of One Size Fits All Methods & Sleep Training
2. Child Sleep Myths
3. The Importance of Getting to Know and Learn From Your Child
4. The Importance of Uncovering The Root Cause
5. The Importance of a Thorough Investigative Evaluation
6. The Importance & Logic Behind a Team Based Approach
7. The Importance & Logic Behind a Customizable Long Term Solution
8. The Importance of Practical and Realistic Solutions
9. The Importance of Patience
10. Why the Holistic Science of Sleep Method does not use sleep training and is the perfect fit to adapt to any child sleep challenge.
Chapter 5. Holistic Science of Sleep Foundations
1. External Environment
a. Sleep Environment
b. Home Enviornment
c. Sleep Products
d. Sleep Safety Guidelines (bed environment, SIDS, swaddling)
e. Greening the Sleep Environment (bed environment and products)
2. Internal Environment
a. Breastfeeding, Nutrition and Sleep
b. Anti vs Pro Sleep Foods
c. Food Sensitivities vs Intolerance vs Allergies and Impact on Child Sleep
3. Sleep Psychology (thoughts and beliefs)
4. Birth Psychology
5. Emotional Well-Being & Regulation of Child
6. Parents & Caregivers Emotional Availability
7. Nap & Bedtime Routines
8. The Role of Crying
9. Dunstan Baby Language
10. The Role of Consistentcy
11. Sleep Transitions vs Regressions
12. Sleep Interdependence vs Dependence
13. Sleep Anchors vs Sleep Associations
14. Focusing on Progressions
15. Supporting the Breastfeeding Relationship
16. Stress Management
17. The Developmnt of Physical & Emotional Space
Chapter 6: Holistically Addressing Common Sleep Challenges: Apply the Holistic Science of Sleep Method
1. Uncovering the root cause and customizing a solution.
a. Difficulty falling asleep
b. Not wanting to sleep in their own bed
c. Excessive crying
d. Frequent nightwakings
e. Short sleep windowsf. Early Rising
g. Going to bed late
h. Siblings with different schedules who share a room
i. Changing Unhealthy Sleep Habits
j. Transitioning from Nightweaning
k. Transitioning from Crib to Bed
l. Transitioning from Pacifier
m. Transitioning from being held
n. When Parents and Caregivers Disagree
o. When Children are Sick
Chapter 7. When & How To Refer Out
1. Signs and Symptoms of Common Sleep Medical Issues
2. Signs and Symptoms of Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
3. Signs and Symptoms of Birth Trauma
4. Signs of Emotional Trauma
5. Signs and Symptoms of Emotional Abuse
Chapter 8. Strengthening the Relationship Between Caregivers & Parents
1. How You Can Support and Empower Parents, Extended Family & Co-Parents
2. Conflict Resolutions: Addressing any parental concerns
3. Supporting the family dynamic and relationship
4. Establishing and Maintaining Boundaries
5. How To Address Sleep Issues if they return
6. Building the child’s and parents confidence
7. Maintenance
Chapter 9. Self-Care
1. The Importance of Regular Self-Care for Your Role
2. The Importance of Receiving Support
3. Knowing When to Ask For Help
4. How to know if you should leave a family and how to
5. The Importance of Continued Education
6. Addressing Your Sleep & Stress Management
7. Maintaining Inspiration and Motivation
After having launched the first Baby Planner program in 2009, Mar De Carlo, the founder of IPHI, was provided an opportunity to evaluate and contribute to the profession of child sleep consulting in 2011. She noticed that a holistic child sleep consultant professional training program had not existed and also recognized that there were a large number of child sleep consultants who were using one size-fits all sleep training methods that did not leave much room for parents to have options. She also noticed that pregnancy sleep support and the child sleep education, prior to birth, was not being taught to child sleep consultants in addition to various vital subjects that affect sleep like birth psychology, birth trauma, emotional well-being, emotional abuse, cultural and religious differences, special needs, sleep-based nutrition for mom and baby, conscious parenting, yoga nidra and much more.
As a result, in 2012, Mar was the first in the child sleep consultant industry to pioneer a holistic approach that began during pregnancy and included all of the subjects and missing pieces, mentioned above. Mar felt that by introducing her holistic approach, it would raise the bar and level of awareness for child sleep consultants, inspire them to begin working during pregnancy and also motivate them to reformulate their traditional use of sleep training to a customizable holistic approach that involves a thorough investigative process honoring each family’s unique needs, including evaluating and supporting parents physical and emotional well-being and where traditional and rigid forms of sleep training they were once using, were no longer the limiting standard.
In 2012, Mar launched the first Pregnancy & Child Sleep Certification program via IPHI, a holistic team-based approach and also founded the Association or Professional Sleep Consultants to provide a platform and space for sleep consultants from various backgrounds to connect, learn, grow and receive support. The program was received well and grew very quickly.
In 2015, Mar re-evaluated how her holistic approach was being implemented and applied by IPHI’s graduates and learned that while the majority of sleep consultants were implementing and utilizing her holistic approach properly, a minority were utilizing it improperly with rigid sleep training methods which created some confusion. In that same year, Mar addressed this challenge by deciding to write her book, “Awakening Through Sleep: a transformational and spiritual guide to pregnancy, adult and child sleep” in order to publicly document her holistic approach and clarify her message and expand her mission.
During 2015, Mar also began re-examining the accuracy and benefits of continuing to use the term “sleep training” as while the term can represent many different approaches to child sleep from “cry it out”, to “no cry” and everything in between, the term continued to carry a very negative and controversial perspective among professionals and parents which divided them and just as importantly did not accurately represent Mar’s pure holistic approach which does not require any traditional form of sleep training. Therefore, in the years that followed, Mar introduced updated measures, policies and upgraded content for IPHI’s Pregnancy & Child Sleep Consultant program (125 hours) to ensure that her holistic approach was not being misused by professionals or boxed in with the confusing various limiting perspectives of “sleep training”.
Besides the significant contributions Mar has made to the child sleep consulting industry with her holistic science of sleep method approach, it is important to note that the content included in IPHI’s Pregnancy & Child Sleep Certification program is not made up by Mar on her own. While the Holistic Science of Sleep Method system and formulation are unique to Mar and IPHI, and while Mar has over two decades of extensive professional training and experience which includes over 25 certifications, she along with her team, have compiled a wealth of evidenced based research and science that is not just based on theory but also practical application. During their learning journey, students of the IPHI Pregnancy & Child Sleep Consultant program are guided and mentored through a variety of real-life case studies where they have an opportunity to apply and practice what they learn.
While our program introduces and includes a wealth of reliable and credible information from various experts and resources that tie to pregnancy and child sleep, students learn about the professional world of coaching and how to excel at coaching and consulting. It is one thing to know sleep and it is another to be a successful coach/consultant and business owner. So apart from offering comprehensive evidence-based sleep education, our program also includes comprehensive evidence-based coaching education and business education. Because our founder, Mar also has a diverse professional background and experience, she is able to look at the child sleep industry from different angles always allowing her to bring a new and fresh perspective to our program and students. This is what also gives IPHI an advantage in our curriculum development. Mar never stops learning. She consistently participates in new programs, collaborates and learns from experts, her faculty and continuously updates our program
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 25 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 46 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 46 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.
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 2012 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 59 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.
Yes.
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 enviornment 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.
Component One $2500 or 6 monthly payments of $450 and Component Two $1700 or 4 monthly payments of $455.
To be eligible for our certification program, you must complete our enrollment form, agree to our terms and conditions and must have a high school diploma or GED.
In order to qualify for the completion of our certification, you must complete all required assignments and final project. Before receiving your certification, you also need a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification and proof of business insurance.
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.
Mar De Carlo (formerly Mary Oscategui prior to 2017) is the founder of:
She has a wealth of training and experience, over 25 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 59 countries in 10 languages.
She is an innovative curriculum developer and has developed high quality evidenced based holistic curriculums since 2009. Mar educates and trains 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. Below are a few of Mar’s contributions to several parenting and health industries:
Mar’s extensive background and experience is rich and diverse. As a result she brings a wealth of talent as an Entrepreneur, Artist, Holistic Educator, Curriculum Developer, Author, Health, Life & Business Coach, Dancer, Fitness Instructor, Yoga Instructor, Singer, Actress and Mother with a multitude of certifications, training, management under her belt and over twenty-five years’ experience.
She is known for her holistic, creative, unconventional, cutting edge integrative approach connecting and bridging many systems and approaches in a variety of industries that have touched thousands of lives throughout fifty-nine countries around the world.
Born and raised in Queens, NY, Mar has been living life to the fullest, working and artistically expressing herself since the age of ten. She calls herself a learning junkie and has pursued over two dozen training programs in a multitude of fields including: peditaric sleep medicine, health coaching, fitness instruction, yoga instruction, group exercise, personal training, pilates, pregnancy, business coaching, film and radio, performance arts, management, holistic education, psychology, relationship coaching, parent coaching, personal development, singing, acting and dance.
Her creativity and zest for learning and growth led her to successfully develop a variety of international professional online training certification programs in the pregnancy, parenting, health, business yoga and dance industries that integrate all aspects of life and holistic living.
She has overcome countless challenges throughout her life; using each as stepping stones to not only form the person she today but to also help others overcome their challenges in the most practical, holistic, sustainable, inspirational and transformative way.
Mar has been interviewed and published in a number of publications such as US News & World Report, has made a variety of television appearances including Good Morning America. She has also served as an SBDC small business adviser and a board member of the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce.
She enjoys advising and coaching businesses and entrepreneurs, expressing herself through a variety of artistic avenues and developing top notch curriculum programs providing the ultimate learning experience including a powerful gateway for personal, spiritual and social growth.
Our Holistic Child Sleep specialization program provides you with the knowledge, tools and skills you need to help others in a long-term, transformative and profound way, while supporting your personal and professional growth.
We’re proud of this one-of-a-kind professional program, and we feel you will be too.
We understand how important it is to receive a worthwhile and meaningful return on your investment. That is why we commit ourselves to go above and beyond to support you in the best way possible so you are prepared to advance your skills with the confidence, education and motivation necessary.
The return on your small investment for our course tuition provides you a great opportunity to add a unique and necessary skill set to your professional career, educational growth and personal development in a life changing way.
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