Frequently Asked Questions
- The Cradle Coach Academy was founded in 2018
- We are an approved program by both the International Association of Professional Sleep Consultants and the International Institute of Complementary Therapists
- We have trained and certified over 500 Sleep Consultants
- We have trained numerous consultants from Taking Cara Babies as Cara Dumaplin refers her consultants to us for training
- We have certified some of the most successful Sleep Consultant company owners in the field, including Katy from Well Rested Wee Ones, Jori from The Crib Coach and Cara from Well Rested Mama
- We are endorsed by Becca at Little Z's
Our Program: The Cradle Coach Academy has made Sleep Consultant Certification possible wherever you are and no matter your workload. Our program is entirely online, making it possible for you to study from any part of the world, and is completely self-paced! While most students finish in about 3 months, you can make that time fly by quicker, or even slow it down if you need it. The choice is YOURS!
Our Community: Upon graduation, The Cradle Coach Academy course helps you launch into a business that is 100% fully your own or gives your the proper information on how to get hired as a sleep consultant for an existing company! Either way, this doesn’t mean you’re alone in doing so. TCCA is a community of vibrant, goal-oriented, encouraging women that you will be part of for as long as you'd like! We have Q+A’s constantly being shared within our private Facebook community, special workshops and retreats for TCCA grads, and peer-to-peer mentorship that you will always have access to. We want all of our graduates to reach the heights of success. We’ll do whatever we can to help guide you there! And all of this is included in your initial tuition payment.
You get access to our program, all future updates, 2x monthly Q&A calls, community and continuing education for 12 months. As soon as you enroll, you will get access to log in and start learning, and to join our community!
You will pay a small monthly fee to maintain access to our community after the initial 12 months. We are there to support you every step of the way, from your first day inside the program, to your 10th year in business and beyond.
Pediatric Sleep Consultants earn anywhere from $60-$150/hour and can easily make between $30,000-$150,000 + per year. How much you earn in this profession depends solely on how much work you put into it and how many clients you take on. If you are starting your own practice, you will have the freedom to create your own competitive pricing and set your own hours.
Not necessarily. The Cradle Coach Academy will provide you with your sleep consultant certification upon completion of the program, allowing you to practice on your own or for another sleep agency. If you want to be part of The Cradle Coach team, you will need to apply after graduating the program, if there is an opening. Keep in mind, we don’t hire consultants unless they have graduated from our program, so once there is an opening on our team, we will only consider our graduates!
Yes!!! We’re an approved for training program from the International Institute of Complementary Therapists and we have students from all across the world. TCCA Sleep Certification program is also approved by the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants who has members across the globe. Visit our Graduate page to see where our graduates currently reside! Don't see anyone from your country yet? Amazing! You get to be the first, which is an incredible opportunity!
Please visit our Curriculum Overview page here to see the full curriculum.
Each module is around 1 hour long, 26 total lecture hours. The majority of the time requirements will be in your experience “practicum” hours where you are fine tuning all you are learning. With coursework the average total commitment is 200+ hours and can take anywhere from 2-5+ months depending on how much time you commit per week.
If we could change one thing about what we do, we would change the term “sleep training”. When people hear about sleep training, they automatically think they will be forced to let their child cry. As your sleep guide, our mission here at TCCA is to find the right method of sleep plan that suits each unique family and situation. We don’t practice with one program or one method. We educate on many methods and our goal always is for our clients to choose a method that is presented to them, that they are comfortable with, one that suits their child’s personality and temperament. We will offer our clients the guidance and support that is needed to make it through the process.
Learn more about our philosophy here.
Once you have graduated from The Cradle Coach Academy, the yearly requirements to continue your membership will be to take two new continuing education course, and maintain your insurance. If you choose to stay inside our community after the initial 12 months, TCCA provides continuing education for you multiple times per year.
Once you graduate from The Cradle Coach Academy, how quickly you earn back your investment depends on how consistently you implement and how quickly you start working with paying families.
That said, we don’t leave “getting paid” up to chance — after certification, you move into our 90-Day ROI Sprint, a focused, step-by-step launch plan designed to help you earn back your full investment in 90 days or less (many students do it faster).
We’ve had graduates earn back their tuition in under 1 month, while for others it’s taken 4–6 months after launching — results vary based on time, effort, pricing, and follow-through.
For inspiration on this, listen to this podcast episode with Lexi Teska, who earned back her tuition in just over a month, and this episode with Brittany Sheehan, who earned hers' back in the first month. If they did it, so can you!
Once you purchase the course, you will immediately receive a login and password to unlock the entire program. The course is all online!
Nope! Some students have waited, other students have launched, and some students have decided to use their certification to get hired at other postpartum care companies.
