Institute of Pediatric Sleep and Parenting Reviews
Real People. Real Reviews
Reprinted with the permission of the graduates and unedited except for grammatical errors/clarity
When searching for a program – I wanted one that blew me away. I knew if I was going to spend the time and money to give this my all… I wanted the best! My husband and I are both low-income teachers but knew I didn’t want to choose a program just based on the price. I wanted to learn and become the best consultant and I can be! I am so happy with my choice!!!
This was a fantastic program! I feel prepared and ready for this journey! I feel confident to help parents and answer questions that come my way. I truly feel like I have so many options and knowledge to troubleshoot any issue that pops up. If I am stuck, I feel comforted that I have a community of support behind me always! This has been a fantastic experience!!!
As a peds RN, I was attracted to IPSP due to Violet’s professional history. Looking back and now comparing the other sleep consultant certification programs offered by other companies, IPSP is hands down THE BEST! The amount of evidence based content is above and beyond.
I researched many courses before making up my mind on this one. The course was super complete, I was able to do it at my own pace.
Before the certification I was working a 9-5 job, which I hated. After completing it I was able to quit my job, start my business as a Sleep Consultant, working from home and being able to spend time with my family without having to worry about asking permission.
When I was looking for Certifications IPSP came up, I researched many options but when reading the information I felt there was something missing. When I researched IPSP I saw great reviews so I went for it. It was the BEST decision I’ve made!
I LOVED that Violet was a nurse and that all techniques/strategies were backed up by science and were safe to recommend to parents. I feel confident as a Sleep & Potty Training Consultant. She also offered help with “how to” start a sleep consultant business. This course was laid out in an approachable and easy to read format.
This is the only accredited program that I found. I love that it is taught from the perspective of medical professionals and leading experts in the field. I can trust that this is the most accurate and relevant material available.
I cannot say enough good things about this program! I feel extremely well equipped to begin consulting clients and start my business. All of the guess work is taken out and the in depth, very detailed information is something that I consider life changing!
I cannot wait to take more courses in the future and have already recommended this program to multiple people. Thank you so so much for helping me achieve my goals and help get me on track to provide for my clients, as well as, my family in a way I never thought possible before!
When I started the course, I had worked with kids for over a decade as a nanny – learned a lot, did a lot of things intuitively. Let me tell you, I learned a TON throughout this course. Violet laid out everything very thoroughly, in an organized manner. The course is extremely detailed – from the very first lesson, you dive into the science of sleep, then to sleep training rules and methods. Then you get practical advice on how to run your business. Great job Violet!
I took the IPSP Sleep Consultant certification back in 2019 and it launched me into the world of entrepreneurship and gave me confidence to start my own business and serve clients in a very meaningful way. I loved that it was self paced and structured in a very thoughtful way so that I came out at the end feeling really solid in my ability to help parents sleep train their babies.
It allowed me to have a business model and framework to begin my entrepreneurship journey doing work that was so meaningful to me. It also inspired a whole new level of confidence and creativity over the last 5 years, to where I am now launching an entire product brand and line thanks to the foundations that running my sleep consultant business taught me. I’ll always be grateful for what that business taught me so I could step into this work that I am so incredibly happy to be doing.
Deciding to start this program has changed my life and all of my goals. It is so flexible and easy to learn at your own pace. I loved working through the different modules. The support from the Facebook group is amazing. Even sitting back and just observing what others are saying is great to gain more knowledge. It is also so easy to expand your skills when there are so many opportunities with the many other courses IPSP offers.
I was looking for an affordable, relevant and credible course that would make me more marketable in my industry and then I found IPSP and they surpassed my expectations
I am a newborn care specialist and I saw the need to invest in a sleep consultant course. When I search for the ideal course to compliment my field of work IPSP met all the requirements of what I needed. The courses are so relevant and informative and the response time with someone getting back to you if you have any problems or questions was so quick and easy. I would recommend anyone to IPSP.
I loved taking this program! I really enjoyed seeing my progress every time I submitted an assignment or completed a module. Seeing what percentage I was at in completing the course was very motivating.
Violet is professional, respectful, and so helpful. I truly feel supported as I go about starting my own business.
I chose IPSP over other programs because it is the only program that I came across that had pediatricians on the team, offered continued mentorship after completion of the course, and helped me to identify the difference between official sleep training programs and fake/scam programs.
Such an incredible experience with IPSP. I have learned so much from Violet and her team and have grown as a consultant so much year over year.
I have built an amazing company, have a team of 5 professionals on my team and we are changing the face of sleep work, one family at a time. I am thriving financially and am now passionate about what I do each and every day. More important that that, is I now have the flexibility to live my life and care for my family in a way that I never could before.
Additionally, access to Violet, a roster of seasoned professionals and an amazing (busy) peer community has made this course well worth the time and investment.
After reading reviews, I knew it was the most comprehensive program!
The program was comprehensive, helped with understanding of basic sleep patterns and also helped with business set up!
It is a really big and good course. I love this course so much, and I can’t wait to purchase the next one. Everyone knows IPSP and recognizes the badge. I just love it. So easy to understand, my first language is not English 🙂 Also the support of the instructors, was unbelievably great. THANK YOU
This course is worth the money! The layout is easy to follow, the quizzes & case studies keep you on your toes, the material (and links to different areas) are all current and I like having the library files for references.
I looked at different courses before deciding on IPSP, I felt the communication with Violet was clear and not pushy, all the different methods of sleep training are covered in great detail, I feel confident working with new families and I believe if I have questions or concerns, I can reach out to IPSP for guidance. Also, there are no annual fees!
Before the course I worked a normal day job. After having my daughter I new I wanted to be able to work from home. I wanted to support the growth of my daughter well still obtaining an income.
After reaching many different programs I decided to go with this one and I did not regret it! The course material was clear and consice. The program length I felt was good length per module and the critiera you were learning had lots of multiple choice tests to help ensure you had a good understanding.
I believe the course provided all the necessary information for starting a career as a sleep coach; the structured content and videos are easy to follow, and each chapter’s test refreshes knowledge. Throughout the course, I read the questions of other students posed in each chapter, but… anyone who studies with understanding can find the answer to each of these questions in your content.
Also, a very commendable aspect is the warnings you provide throughout the course about what a sleep coach should not say to their clients and what their working boundaries are, beyond which one must not go.
When I was researching how to get the sleep certificate, among the first (if not the first), Google presented me with IPSP (that’s already the first sign that it’s a verified institute). I researched the content and price, number of followers on social media, and similar, and concluded that it is the right institute for me.
The program is comprehensive, easy to understand and covers the different age-related issues on how to handle them. Each module is structured in very clear formats so that I am able to extract relevant information easily for sleep training clients. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is looking to become a certified sleep consultant.
I like the self-paced lessons as I am a busy parent and am unable to spend time on weekly sessions which are time-consuming. The team at IPSP replies within a day and they are very responsive and helpful in answering my questions. So I feel very comfortable working with them to obtain my certification.
I have been an Early Childhood Educator in British Columbia, Canada for the past 12 years working with families with newborns to 5-year old’s. Over the years I have seen so many parents struggling with good sleep habits and their children. I gave out ALOT of unsolicited advice to my families about techniques to try at home to help get their children to sleep, and stay in their beds throughout the night.
When the pandemic hit, the daycare I worked at shut down. During that time, I was at home with myself, husband and 8-year-old son. I realized during this time at home, how nice it was to be living a slower lifestyle and how relaxed I was not being at work all day and I was loving all the extra time I had to spend with my family!
I was excited when the daycare re-opened to get back to work and my regular routine but soon realized how exhausted I was quickly becoming from being back to the 9-5 grind. I was missing being at home, and struggling to keep up with the daily house chores, online learning my son was doing, and performing at work. Without the Covid-19 shut down I don’t know if I would have realized how much I needed a change, but having that time at home made me realize how much I valued it, and I wanted more of it!!
I started researching ways to work from home with my background in Early Childhood Education. One of my friends suggested becoming a sleep consultant as she had just hired one to work with her family. It was a genius idea! I knew that I could thrive as a sleep consultant. Even though I had already been giving out advice for years at the daycare, I wanted to be certified so that parents could have the trust and guarantee that I knew what I was talking about and for my own clarity that I was giving parents proper advice and was recommending techniques that would get them results.
After a few google searches, I came across the Institute of Pediatrics Sleep & Parenting and I instantly knew that I wanted to be trained through this institute.
I loved the fact that you were a nurse, and that I could have you in my back pocket for mentoring if I needed it while I set up my business. I loved the course lay out and how I was able to get answers to my questions fast!
IPSP was laid out very well and was easy to understand, it set me up so well to become a sleep consultant!! The groundwork that was laid from taking the course has given me a lot of confidence as a sleep consultant and has made it very easy to go back over my notes when I get new clients to make it easy to find the information I need when writing out customized sleep plans.
I graduated in December of 2020 and am now building my NEW business day by day!
The best part….I am completely in charge of my own schedule and able to pick when I am available to work. My son is 9 now and I am so appreciative that I took the course through the IPSP and that I have made a career change. As now I am able to drop off/pick my son up from school and am able to re-arrange my schedule as is needed to fit my family needs!!
Being a sleep consultant is so fulfilling when I hear back from the families I worked with, just how much I helped them and their children get the sleep they all deserve!!
Thanks for all my new opportunities!!!
This was the only course I found offered, that has an actual instructor in the medical field. My experience with the training course was great. I really liked the fact that you can work at your own pace. The information laid out in the course was very thorough but still written in a way that was easy to understand. Violet was quick to answer questions and very helpful.
It is a great course, with very good information. I like that you can continue having access to it after you finish your studies. IPSP is very professional and has a great community for helping you after you finish with any difficulties or a specific case you need help with. I think I learned a lot, and I am very excited to start my business.
This was an amazing course to get started on the path to becoming a pediatric sleep consultant/baby sleep training specialist. The material within the course was laid out in a clear and concise manner, it was easy to follow and understand. The quizzes/tests were directly related to the material taught and can easily be applied to real life situations as a sleep consultant.
The instructors were very helpful with answering questions and providing feedback.
I really enjoyed that the course was self paced so I did not feel pressured to meet deadlines, that afforded me the opportunity to take my time and really take in the information instead of rushing through it because I had to meet a deadline.
It was great that I only had to be certified once through IPSP, some other required recertification ever so often.
There is also the 6 months of mentoring that is so crucial to helping me start my sleep consulting business.
Violet provided so many helpful materials in the library of files that I can use as a jump start to getting my own business off of the ground.
I believe the most important part of the course for me is the graduate listing page which can really help in promoting my business and sending clients my way
I have heard about the sleep training course in IPSP from someone else. It wasn’t cheap but I felt it was the right one for me. At the end of the day I’m happy I’ve done it with IPSP it has given me so much background knowledge about everything regarding pediatric sleep.
The course was very thorough and contained a lot of information. Very organized, so much support from Violet!
I can’t say enough great things about IPSP. Violet did an amazing job delivery a easy to follow, at your own pace and more importantly, a very informative course. I would recommend this course to anyone that is interested in becoming a Pediatric Sleep Consultant! I can’t wait to start my new chapter and start my new career helping families!
I had an amazing experience with IPSP Consultant training course. I loved how detailed lessons are and that there are many assignments throughout that prepared me for different scenarios that I might run into with families. I really appreciated having section with referrals for companies that create website and other needed things to start up business.
IPSP course really was standing out with 6 month mentorship offer after graduation and having lessons in the course on how to start a business. That was something that helped me make the decision to take this course.
The IPSP program came highly recommended to me from another certified sleep consultant. It is well written and easy to follow. I feel confident starting my sleep consultant business with the information that was provided in this course.
The course is ideal because you can totally complete it from home and at your own pace. Also, it teaches you different sleep training techniques, which is awesome. Some of the other certifications I checked before making a decision would only stick to one method. I also liked that it was taught by a Registered Nurse.
My experience with IPSP Sleep certification was awesome! I felt well equipped to get out there and start helping families just like my own achieve better sleep. As I have questions the support of Violet and also the IPSP Facebook group has been especially helpful.
Violet was always available to ask questions and connect with. I liked that I could take the course at my own pace. I had two kids under the age of 2 and I wanted to make sure I was flexible. I love helping babies and this allowed me to do it!
I love that I could do this course at my own pace as I have 4 young children & just had my 5th. The course was easy to follow & responses to my questions were answered in a timely manner. I also loved the affordable payment plan.
I chose this program because of the trajectory and experience of Violet. It was an amazing experience, I learned more than I expected. It is a complete program with research and accurate information.
I loved studying at the IPSP!! The flexibility it provided allowed me to study while at home raising my 5 month old. Couldn’t recommend this course more!!
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