What is the Sensitive Sleep Consultant Certification designed to help me do?

This certification is designed to help you support babies, children, and their families with sleep in a way that feels respectful, gentle, and informed. It teaches you to work with a sensitive, attachment-first lens while still learning across a wide range of sleep approaches.

Who is this certification for?

It is created for aspiring and current sleep consultants, as well as professionals who want to deepen their understanding of infant and child sleep. The training also speaks to allied health practitioners, teachers, and medical professionals with an interest in this space.

Can I do the course at any time and at my own pace?

Yes - you can move through the online content at your pace. You choose when you are ready to take assessments online and attend mentoring by phone.

What is the tuition fee?

Our standard certification is $1787 AUD.Our advanced certification is $1989 AUD.There are no additional hidden costs - all reading material provided and no ongoing renewal fees.

Our accredited registered program is recognised worldwide, evidence-based and research led. Comprising of coursework and supervision of practicum work, delivered by online learning. Suitable for working with infants and children aged 0-5 years. Our Advanced Certification supports ages 0 to teen.

Whether you want to specialize working with mindful parenting families or adopt a sensitive approach to working with ALL parenting styles, this is the course for you.

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"The practice client interaction process was so beneficial to me and my confidence in knowing and applying the material that I have been studying this past year. It was wonderful seeing that my guidance actually made life changing differences for families. Having the opportunity to work with a wide variety of parents, with different backgrounds and goals, helped me to confirm that there is something very unique in being a Sensitive Sleep Consultant "

Kate Swanson, Canada

"Oh my gosh, this has completely given me a fresh perspective, it has challenged and opened me up especially in understanding the basis of attachment! It has broadened my viewpoint and given me so much more to apply and authentically practice. I am so grateful"

Veena Parry, Australia

When I got certified through another sleep consultant course two years ago, I didn’t feel confident. But now, the Sensitive Sleep course made me confident that it is possible to explore different approaches, being flexible to parents and children’s needs and with a more psychological view and less mechanical way to analyze cases. The unpreparedness of many consultants related to gentle parenting movement (myself included before taking this course) may be the cause of parents not wanting to get the standard advice"

Mariana Britto, Europe

Become a Sleep Consultant Who Knows There Is More Than One Right Way

Professional certification in Sensitive Sleep Consulting

Learn how to support babies, children and families with evidence-informed sleep solutions that respect the child, the parent and the relationship between them.

Research-led. Attachment-informed. Family-centred.

A good sleep consultant doesn't simply hand a parent a sleep plan.

They understand why a child isn't sleeping, what is happening within the family, what the parents actually want, and which approach is most likely to work for this particular child and family.

That's what makes Sensitive Sleep Consulting different.

Our certification takes you beyond one-size-fits-all sleep training and teaches you to think critically, understand the science and confidently tailor your approach.

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Learn to think like an expert — not just follow a formula.

Our comprehensive certification combines:

Master Infant & Child Sleep Science

Understand the science of infant and child sleep, including sleep development, sleep biology, sleep associations, sleep hygiene and the factors that influence sleep from infancy through early childhood.

Understand Attachment, Behaviour & Family Dynamics

Explore attachment theory, child development, behaviour and emotional wellbeing, while learning how parenting styles, family dynamics and the parent-child relationship can influence sleep.

Develop Evidence-Based Sleep Solutions

Learn how to assess infant and child sleep problems, interpret the evidence and develop individualised sleep plans using a range of sensitive, attachment-informed and evidence-based sleep strategies.

You don't have to choose between being gentle and getting results.

This is one of the biggest misconceptions in the sleep industry. Sensitive Sleep Consulting isn't about simply telling parents to "wait it out". And it isn't about telling every family to use the same sleep training method. It's about understanding the child, understanding the family and using evidence-informed strategies that are appropriate for their individual situation.

You will learn about a broad range of sleep approaches — including traditional sleep training — so you can understand the psychology behind them, recognise their limitations and make informed professional decisions.

Importantly, a Sensitive Sleep Consultant tailors any method to be kinder and more attuned to the child and parent. Because your clients deserve more than a template.

Thoroughly expand your knowledge and confidence in working with families with sleep and settling issues, as we delve well-beyond the basics. If you're feeling like surely there must be more options than telling parents "this too shall pass" or "try controlled crying or camping out", then its time to come on this journey. This program is for those looking to trully help and compassionately support clients using respectful approaches based on research-led practices and matters of the heart. You can become confident on working with parents who want to continue to co-sleep, or support those who want to move to independent sleep.

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Next Intake: 27 November
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(No payment required to pre-register interest. Completing pre-registration is not a contract to commit to enrolment. Early bird pricing enrolment opens 1st November)

We're celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary with a special edition of the certification course! The Anniversary Edition includes updated reading material and two new topics; Emotional Safety In Sleep Work, and Executive Function Skills For Sleep. As well as making it all available on an easy to access APP.

We've also released our very own 'Handbook' for consultants of any background to learn the secrets from a leading sleep consultant training provider.

Finally, we make our approach accessible to parents directly, through our paperback book 'The Attachment-Friendly Sleep Plan'.

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Certification and Learning Pathways

Professional Development and Support

Sleep Challenges and Practice Focus

Advanced Certification

Looking for more? Stand out from the crowd with our best-value package. This advanced certification will extend your skillset and demonstrate to clients, your commitment to professional learning. Participants who complete the requirements will be able to use the title Advanced Sensitive Sleep Consultant and receive a certificate of completion. This packaged program includes the standard Sensitive Sleep Consultant Certification as well as the Advanced modules.

Please refer to the standard certification to learn what is included in this package. Additionally, Advanced component topic includes:

Lessons learned in clinical practice: Conflicting values and goals: getting to the core of why parents can fail at any sleep training and how to help them align with their values.
Understanding Parenting approaches and learning styles
Self reflective practice: why do it and how to do it effectively.
Consultant Confidence: working on your own self worth as a professional... an Aha! Moment for growing your business.
Interviews with successful business leaders in the sleep consulting industry across the globe.
Working with older children. Are you nervous about what comes after the Threenager? We look at working with kids aged 0-teen years.
Examining perinatal depression and attachment to child in pregnancy in relation to post birth relationship with child and likelihood of postnatal depression. Exclusive access to an unreleased systematic review of the scientific research in the last ten years.
Practical guided activity to demonstrate how to get your client to open up more so you can work out the best method for their problem. Gain insight into how to personally apply effective communication
Case dissection and consultation of a real life practice client. In depth comparison of our prior assumptions and knowledge VS the outcome of the consultation.
Research update - a discussion around recent research.
Business coaching - a psychological perspective.