The Cradle Coach Academy is a training institution for future and growing family support professionals. We offer structured education, real-world application, and business development for people who want to do this work well and build something solid with it.
About The Cradle Coach Academy
We’re not here to hand people a certificate and send them on their way.
We’re here to train professionals who are prepared to support real families, do the work with confidence, and grow a business with standards behind it.
The Cradle Coach Academy was built to bring serious training for family support professionals under one roof. That includes sleep consultant certification, newborn care education, parent coaching, specialized add-on training, and business mentorship designed to help students move from learning to practice to paid work.
This is not a collection of random courses. It’s an academy built around one goal: preparing students to do meaningful work with real skill, real support, and real-world readiness.
One academy. Multiple training paths.
The Cradle Coach Academy was built to close that gap. We believe strong training should include more than coursework. It should include application, feedback, mentorship, and a clear path for what comes after certification.
Too many certification programs stop at education. Students learn the material, pass the modules, and leave with a credential but no real experience using it and no clear path to turning it into work.
Why we built it this way
That gap is where a lot of new practitioners get stuck.
That’s why our programs are built around more than information alone. We care about standards, practice, and what it actually takes to be ready.
Students receive support during the process, not just at the beginning or after the fact.
Mentorship and feedback
In programs like Sleep Consultant Certification, students don’t just study the material. They work with real families before graduating.
Real-world application
Our programs are built around structured learning, clear expectations, and training that takes the work seriously.
Education with standards
What makes TCCA different
We’re building more than one offer. We’re building a serious training institution for this field.
An academy model
We don’t treat business training like a separate issue to solve later. We include it because being trained is only part of the path. Students also need to know how to build, launch, and grow.
Business development built in
2-7 year old sleep guru, certified pediatric sleep consultant
karen winters
National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, functional medicine expert
Jessica Royston, Holistic Health Coach
registered nurse specializing in neonatal care & postpartum and Certified Lactation Counselor
Bachelor’s in Special Education, Master’s in Early Childhood Education.
Kerri D’Amico, RN, IBCLC
Caley Kukla, M.Ed.
founder, Certified Maternity, Baby and Toddler Sleep Consultant and Newborn Care Specialist
Melissa perry
executive assistant & student cheerleader
Victoria parks
expert mentor & community support coach
Rachel fiorello
owner/CEO, certified baby and toddler sleep consultant
Marli Klaus
Built by practitioners. Backed by expertise.
This matters because families do not need one-size-fits-all help, and students do not need shallow training. They need broader perspective, better judgment, and support from people who know the work from different angles.
Dr. Sujay Kansagra, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Neurology at Duke University and Director of the Pediatric Neurology Sleep Medicine Program
Dr. Uma Khusnutdinova, MD, IBCLC
Katy Bourzikas, MSN, APRN, CPNP, CLC
tcca grad, Founder of Little Pumpkin Sleep Solutions, medical doctor (MD), Certified Breastfeeding Specialist
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Lactation Counselor, TCCA grad, and Sleep Consultant behind Well Rested Wee Ones.
Dr. Anya McLaren-Barnett, MD,
A McMaster Children’s Hospital sleep expert with dual Board certifications in Pediatrics and Respirology.
The Cradle Coach Academy brings together instructors, mentors, and subject matter experts across sleep, newborn care, child development, lactation, pediatric health, early childhood, and family support.
Our students are not learning in a vacuum. They are learning inside a training environment shaped by clinical insight, hands-on experience, and real work with families.
The Cradle Coach Academy was founded with a clear vision: to create stronger training for professionals supporting families through sleep and early parenthood. Today, that vision continues through an academy model that brings together structured certification, practical application, expert instruction, and business development under one roof.