Start working as an NCS
Explain your role, care for a newborn head to toe, and set up contracts, insurance and taxes.
Bundle of two online courses
Build your newborn care foundation,
then take it to the advanced level.
For caregivers with professional infant experience who are ready to commit to both levels. Get Foundational and Advanced together for $1,497.
- Price
- $1,497
- Format
- Online, two courses, 102 lessons, 26 hours of video in total
- Prerequisites
- Age 18+ and prior professional experience working with infants. Each course keeps its own entry requirements.
Your experience got you here.
Two levels of training take you further.
You already care for babies professionally. To work as a Newborn Care Specialist, you need in-depth newborn knowledge and business basics. To stand out over time, you also need the science behind the care, and the skills for preemies, multiples and high-profile families.
Taking one course now and the next one someday often means stalling between the two, and paying more when you finally buy the second.
This bundle gives you both levels at once. Start with Foundational, then move into Advanced when you are ready.
What changes for you
After the course,
you can:
Notice possible signs early
Recognize possible signs of reflux, tongue tie, food allergies and postpartum mood disorders, and bring up concerns with parents.
Explain the why to families
Show parents how sleep, nutrition and environment affect newborn brain development.
Take on demanding cases
Work with preemies, higher-order multiples and babies with feeding challenges.
Grow a stronger business
Work with agencies, serve high-profile clients and handle difficulties in the NCS world.
What the bundle includes
- Foundational: what a Newborn Care Specialist is, and how the role differs from a doula, night nanny and traditional nanny
- Foundational: head-to-toe newborn care, bathing, feeding, diapering, swaddling and building a nursery must-have list
- Foundational: preemies, multiples, the postpartum mom and postpartum mood disorders
- Foundational: recognizing signs of reflux, tongue and lip tie, pyloric stenosis, cleft lip and palate, and food allergies
- Foundational: sleep training methods, your NCS business, contracts, getting paid and working with agencies
- Advanced: infant brain development and advanced sleep conditioning techniques
- Advanced: advanced infant feeding, including cleft palate, feeding tubes and other specialty devices
- Advanced: premature babies, special needs car seat use, and higher-order multiples
- Advanced: working for high-profile clients, problems in the NCS world, alternative care options for common infant ailments and better business practices
Foundational: 73 lessons, 12.5 hours of video. Advanced: 29 lessons, 13.5 hours of video.
Is this course right for you?
This course is for you if
- You are 18 or older and have worked with infants in a professional setting, as a nanny, daycare provider or similar
- You want to move into Newborn Care Specialist work and keep growing after you start
- You are a newer NCS or doula committed to both the foundational and advanced levels
- You want both courses for less than buying them one at a time
Choose another route if
- You have no professional infant experience yet. We can refer you to a program geared to your needs first.
- You prefer Elevate as your core course. Elevate and Advanced are sold as a separate bundle.
- You have already completed core NCS training. Buy Advanced on its own.
Your instructor
Tonya Sakowicz
Founder and Director of Education, Newborn Care Solutions
Tonya is an INA Credentialed Nanny, Newborn Care Specialist, CAPPA trained Postpartum Doula and Parent Educator, with more than 30 years of experience as a nanny and Newborn Care Specialist. She founded Newborn Care Solutions with her husband, Todd.
She has spoken at the International Nanny Association annual conference and the Association of Premier Nanny Agencies annual conference. She was named DEMA Educator of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and received the DEMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.
The learning.
In their words.
If I had to chose one word to describe the Newborn Care Training offered by Newborn Care Solutions it would be in-depth. This is not NCS 101! Tonya's advanced training was thought provoking, detailed and 100% applicable.
Individual experiences, not a promise of outcomes or earnings.
Before you enroll
Your questions,
answered.
What is included in the bundle?
Two separate courses, Foundational Newborn Care Specialist Training and Advanced Newborn Care Training. Together that is 102 lessons and 26 hours of video.
How much do I save?
The bundle is $1,497. Bought separately, Foundational is $997 and Advanced is $897, a total of $1,894.
What are the entry requirements?
Each course keeps its own requirements. For Foundational, you must be at least 18 and have prior experience working with infants in a professional setting, as a nanny, daycare provider or similar. Advanced asks for prior approved NCS or postpartum doula training, which Foundational gives you.
Which course should I take first?
Start with Foundational. It is the core course, and Advanced builds on prior training.
Does the bundle include CEUs?
Foundational is approved through CAPPA for 16 continuing education units, and includes the CACHE Accreditation Certification & Other CEU Approvals Exam.
Can I pair Advanced with Elevate instead?
Yes. Elevate is the alternative core course, and Elevate and Advanced are sold together for $1,997. Choose Foundational or Elevate, not both.
$1,497, online, two courses
Two levels of training.
One step toward the career you want.
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