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Think Your Child Needs to Be Trained to Sleep?

Introducing the first developed, launched and one of its’ kind 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 children’s 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.

Children go through various stages of sleep development similarly to walking, eating, talking etc…and most often there are many health and lifestyle factors, in addition to unrealistic expectations parents are unaware of getting in the way sleep.”

The HSS Method does not believe in a “one size fits all” or “sleep training” 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.

By examining the entire context for sleep – the physical, emotional, social, developmental and environmental factors – we address the sleep needs for the family with a minimum of frustration for both parents and children and teach our sleep consultants not only to understand the natural factors that regulate and influence sleep through a child’s various stages of development but also learning from the child. Often parents and professionals rely so heavily and get hyper focused on books and rigid methods that they overlook what their child is teaching them about sleep. The child is also a book that is providing us information we must consistently learn from. Children teach and guide us just as much as we do them. We just have to tune in.

Course Info

Information

The Structure of Our Program

Our Maternity and Child Sleep Program is an online program combining self-paced modules and live classes.

There are two main components required to obtain certification:

Component One is a combination self-paced online and online weekly support live course introducing you to your role as a coach and all aspects of sleep in your sleep consulting work.

Component Two is a live online four month program (offered three times a year January, May and September) where participants have an opportunity to take all they have learned from Component One and apply it in case study work that is covered each week for 16 weeks. We will explore many specialized and standard cases utilizing the knowledge and skills gained in Component One.

There are online course modules that may be completed at your convenience, and live weekly support and discussion calls.

Participants have one year to complete our program.

Upon completion of Components One and Two, students receive a Certification to become Certified Maternity & Child Sleep Consultants and are considered graduates of the full IPHI Maternity & Child Sleep Consultant Program.

Students may obtain their full certification upon completion of Components One and Two.

Online Weekly Live Support Calls are available for 10 months each year and are available to you for support. Ask us any questions If you cannot attend live online weekly calls, you have the option of emailing us your questions. You will receive the class recording each week class is held. Additionally, our Facebook group is also available for support from our graduates and current students.

You can begin this course to become a certified Maternity & Child Sleep Consultant at any time by enrolling in Component One.

Topics Covered

What you will find in your training

Learn how to solve sleep challenges through “sleep optimizing” strategies that do not involve the use of sleep training.
Learn and understand how to uncover the root of each sleep challenge that inhibits the body’s natural ability to sleep.
Understand a diversity of parenting philosophies, consider what underlies children’s behaviors temperaments in the context of sleep to discover the root of the sleep challenge, respond to a range of family sleep goals, and identify and discuss factors that may impact healthy sleep habits.
Learn how to work with pregnancy sleep in order to support mom and baby’s sleep and take preventative measures to prepare for child sleep.
Learn how to work with and support families from infancy to toddler.
You will be trained to address key issues through thorough investigative work, discovering the root that may be contributing to sleep disruption rather than jumping too quickly to implement a specific behavioral approach.
Understand the scientific and natural foundations of sleep, how it works and our holistic context for sleep when working with families.
Understand the interplay between the science of sleep, the behavior of sleep, lifestyle, beliefs and the emotional well-being component of sleep.
Understand and Learn how nutrition affects sleep.
Understand and Learn how parent’s lifestyle, energy, expectations and behavior affects sleep.
Learn how birth trauma and secure attachment affects sleep.
Learn how an eco-lifestyle affects sleep.
Learn about the many controversies, misconceptions and unrealistic expectations for child sleep.
Learn how to work with a range of simple and complex sleep challenges and cases.
Use practical applications to strengthen your skills before graduating.

Focus significant attention on understanding the role of a Maternity & Child Sleep Consultant, including counseling families and assessing their readiness for change, the breastfeeding relationship, the role of sleep in pregnancy, the role of relationships, self-care, safety, neuroscience, social and cultural factors that affect sleep, and the importance of mental, physical, spiritual and emotional well-being in sleep consulting practices.

Goals

Participants of the IPHI Maternity & Child Sleep Consultant Certification program are trained:

To apply our Holistic Science of Sleep Method™
With an integrative holistic and healthy approach to sleep using healthy sleep foundations.
To be a part of the first child sleep consulting organization to pioneer and include pregnancy sleep, sleep optimization, holistic science of sleep method, psychology, impact of birth trauma and secure attachment on sleep, emotional well-being, holistic nutrition, green awareness, breastfeeding and maternity and newborn sleep into child sleep consulting.
Our program provides you the resources and tools to understand the various methodologies and when to apply them, if and when it may be necessary.
In the science of sleep for adults, infant and children.
In family dynamics, temperaments, sleep environments, sleep/wake-time windows, sleep associations/crutches, and developmental milestones.
To offer an objective approach with families in order to develop healthy sleep habits that are age and developmentally appropriate for their clients’ needs, lifestyle, and values.
To support, educate and prepare families during pregnancy about newborn and child sleep.
To educate and raise awareness about health, fitness and nutrition for mother (pre/postnatal) in relation to sleep.
To support parents postpartum with their sleep issues during their time of transition.
With an understanding of sleep challenges and solutions, lactation, special needs, overnight work, and nutrition.
With an in-depth look at sleep products and safety.
With an in-depth look at green and eco-friendly sleep practices.
With a comprehension of a Sleep Consultant’s scope of practice, boundaries to practice, and when to refer out.
To be aware of issues that involve medical attention, such as abuse, trauma and postpartum depression, in order to provide the client the proper guidance and referral.

Curriculum

The IPHI Maternity & Sleep Consultant Certification Curriculum also includes:

Continuing education.
A basic guide on how to start or manage your Sleep Consultant Business with an optional add on extended course if needed.
Support for sleep consultants that want to work overnight shifts and/or hourly consultations.
A specialized sleep mentoring team.
Live interaction with the instructors on a weekly basis.
Weekly email and one hour phone accessibility to instructors during our weekly online support group offered nine months each year.
A multi-cultural international classroom.
Continuous support during and after the course with monthly on-line calls so long as your certification remains active.
An invitation to apply for membership to Association of Professional Sleep Consultants (APSC).

Instructor

Instructor : Mar De Carlo

Mar De Carlo E-RYT, RYT 500, RPYT, YACEP is the founder of the International Parenting & Health Institute.

She became the first in the child sleep consultant industry to develop and launch my Holistic Adult and Child Sleep Certification program in 2012 that trains professionals to begin supporting families with sleep education during pregnancy. Her program and Holistic Science of Sleep Method approach have been well-received in 46 countries and are currently represented in 10 languages.

She is an entrepreneur, model, artist, educator holistic (health, lifestyle, business) coach, yoga-pilates-barre-fitness instructor, personal trainer, author, ballroom dancer, group facilitator and founder of Mar De Carlo Enterprises representing several global companies including: