100% Online Training
Sleep Science Coach Certification
Learn how to help clients optimize sleep, which is responsible for regulating key aspects of hormone optimization, brain function, sports performance, weight management, happiness and career growth.
Who should enroll in this professional training course?
All trainers & coaches (new and experienced) will benefit, and can successfully grow a thriving sleep science coaching practice. No other topic is as universally needed, vitally important, and interesting to your clients. Your clients want to find the right strategies to improve their sleep quality. You will be taught the most effective coaching methodologies that get your client results.
When you become a Certified Sleep Science Coach, you will learn how to help your clients enhance their metabolism, memory, energy, creativity, relationships, immune function, hormone balance, hunger management, disease prevention, sports performance, accident avoidance, memory, reaction time, good judgement, surgery recovery, happiness and over 30 additional functions and behaviors correlated with optimal sleep.
People want more sleep. Period. They want better sleep. Your clients desire greater recuperation or more consistency in their sleep and recovery routine. So, regardless of what type of coaching, training, or consulting you already do as part of your business, becoming a Certified Sleep Science Coach will give you the proven tools, resources, knowledge, and professional credentials to help more people while you earn a higher income.
Meet Sleep Recovery Specialist and Spencer Institute Student Barry Bridges
Today we are spotlighting Spencer Institute graduate, Barry Bridges. Barry has over fifteen years of experience in the corporate, sport
America's Sleep Crisis: Why Sleep Science Coaches Are in High Demand
About 40 million people in the United States suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year and an additional 20 million people experience occasional sleep problems. Become a Sleep Science Coach and help transform lives, one restful night at a time.
Certified Sleep Science Coach
$447
Single Payment
6-Pay Payment Plan
No credit check.
Only credit or debit card required.
$79/mo
6 payments of $79 (30 days apart, includes $30 processing fee)
Discounts cannot be applied to payment plans.
We must receive all payments prior to examination.
Our Certified Sleep Science Coach certification (CSSC) program is designed to help your clients dramatically enhance their metabolism, memory, creativity, immune function, hormone balance, hunger management, disease prevention, sports performance, accident avoidance, memory, reaction time, good judgement, surgery recovery, happiness and over 100 additional functions and behaviors.
Learning Objectives:
The second section describes the relationship between sleep and the lack of sleep on mental health and the brain. It presents key mental health conditions, like PTSD and addiction. In addition, it addresses the association between sleep, memory formation and dreaming.
Lastly, the third section focuses on physical health, including sleep hygiene, the environment, sleep rituals and the effect of sleep on individual performance. The last section looks at overall sleep health. This includes building up healthy behaviors in children/infants; sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy, cataplexy and sleep apnea.
Specialize In:
- How to dramatically enhance your client's health, including disease prevention, and hunger management.
- You will receive tools, resources, knowledge and a credential to help more people receive a better night’s sleep and lead healthier lives.
- You will learn about sleep hygiene - the term used to describe good sleep habits, including how to develop a set of guidelines and scientific strategies designed to enhance good sleep.
- Learn how to have an initial interview with the client and administer a sleep questionnaire. You'll receive materials on how to suggest a week-long sleep diary to determine sleep goals.
- You'll learn how to coach your clients on sleep science, behaviors and patterns during your coaching sessions, while implementing strategies that your client can use on a daily basis.
- How to apply strategies that can assist your client in adapting healthy sleep behaviors to improve how their brain functions.
- How to dramatically enhance your client's health, including disease prevention, and hunger management.
- You will receive tools, resources, knowledge and a credential to help more people receive a better night’s sleep and lead healthier lives.
- You will learn about sleep hygiene - the term used to describe good sleep habits, including how to develop a set of guidelines and scientific strategies designed to enhance good sleep.
- Learn how to have an initial interview with the client and administer a sleep questionnaire. You'll receive materials on how to suggest a week-long sleep diary to determine sleep goals.
- You'll learn how to coach your clients on sleep science, behaviors and patterns during your coaching sessions, while implementing strategies that your client can use on a daily basis.
- How to apply strategies that can assist your client in adapting healthy sleep behaviors to improve how their brain functions.
Certified Sleep Science Coach & Stress Management Coach
$522
This option is not eligible for discounts or payment plan.
SAVE $223
Purchased separately $794
SAVE money and purchase both the Certified Sleep Science Coach and Certified Stress Management Coach programs!
Earn both certificaitons and work with a wide range of clients. Help more people enhance their health, vitality, energy and overall happiness.
If you are already a coach, fitness professional, medical professional, or wellness consultant, earning your credential as a Certified Sleep Science Coach (CSSC) can position you ahead of others in your field. It is also possible to be a sleep science coach and simply specialize in this niche, and no other. There are endless ways in which you can implement this new knowledge into your coaching career.
The training for this professional credential can help you become a coach of distinction. Enroll now and start building a powerful coaching service.
Now consider this
You will have the experience and expertise to command higher value for your time and services.
You can have a flexible schedule that gives you more time with your family and to enjoy a lifestyle that you love.
You will have knowledge and a skill set that is in high demand, and you will feel more confident in your coaching abilities.
You will have the confidence, knowledge, skills, and best practices to significantly improve the lives of others who are in need of a balanced, high-quality life through better sleep quality.
You will enjoy the benefits that come with having a career that gives you a platform to help others transform their sleep and life for a better quality of life.
You will have the time, energy, and passion to expand your influence and share your expertise. You can become a subject matter expert on sleep to any audience.
Outline of Your Training:
Science of Sleep Manual (PDF) – Viewable online, or you can download and print.
Sleep Science Coaching Methodologies Manual (PDF) – Viewable online, or you can download and print.
Sleep Science Video Training – This video is the companion to your official manual and explains the key elements you’ve read.
Video Interview with Dr. Kristin Willeumier – Renowned neurobiologist, brain researcher, author and sleep science expert.
Video Interview with Dr. Robert Rosenberg – Renowned sleep doctor and author
Video Interview with Greg deVries – Meditation & Sleep Expert
Video Interview with Sarah McLean – Stress Management & Mediation Expert
Video Interview with Pete Bils “The Sleep Geek” from Sleep Number Beds
Video Interview with Tom Cronin – Leading Meditation & Relaxation Teacher
Video Interview with Chris Mohr, PhD, RD – Nutrition and Optimal Sleep
PLUS BONUS MATERIALS:
SLEEP DIARY: This is for your own use with clients in session. It can be replicated and customized with your own brand to give (or sell) to your clients.
SLEEP INFOGRAPHICS: You will also receive a wide range of sleep infographics to help you teach, coach and educate your clients.
WHITE PAPERS, RESEARCH DOCUMENTS & PDFs: You will also receive over 30 White Papers, Professional Research Documents, and PDF educational papers from leading experts, doctors, universities, and sleep clinics.
You will not be tested on this portion of your program. These documents are included for your further research, review, and learning.
Topics include: Sleep and over training, sleep hygiene, OTC sleeping products, apnea, snoring, meditation and sleep, ADHD and sleep, children’s sleeping habits, athletic performance and sleep, circadian studies, room temperature, humidity, artificial light, electronics, sleep-wake cycles, sleep and airline travel, drowsy driving, sleep-associated accidents and injuries, pre-sleep rituals, hormones, C-PAP, snoring, sleep disturbances, napping, sleep mind map, students and lack of sleep, and much more.
Featuring newly acquired insights on the critical roles of recovery and circadian rhythms in new, expanded content, where you'll dive into real-world case studies, including Recovery Optimization and practical applications of the FLOW model for Sleep and Recovery Coaching.
Whether you're focused on helping clients manage sleep issues or you're diving into the complexities of circadian rhythms and shift work, this course will train you to be a top-tier Spencer Institute Certified Sleep Science Coach.
Over 50+ pages of career building steps and strategies
Build Your Coaching Career
Building your coaching career is the essential next step after your certification.
The Spencer Institute has introduced the Coaching Business Builder, a free resource upgrade designed for all enrolled students.
Access practical tools to support your professional growth, including a 90-Day Career Starter Workbook, a comprehensive Coach Pricing Guide, effective marketing strategies, additional tools for growth and ongoing updates.
These resources provide clear direction to empower your career and are included free with your enrollment.
The reasons why you have endless career opportunities as a Certified Sleep Science Coach?
The direct costs of sleepiness and lost productivity in the workplace is estimated at $18 billion.
Drowsy drivers are believed to be the cause for at least 100,000 police-reported crashes in the US annually.
Forty million Americans suffer debilitating sleep disorders; the majority of them are not diagnosed.
About 40 million people in the United States suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year and an additional 20 million people experience occasional sleep problems.
There are more than 70 different sleep disorders, which are generally classified into one of three categories: lack of sleep (e.g., insomnia), disturbed sleep (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea), and excessive sleep (e.g., narcolepsy).
62% of American adults experience a sleep problem a few nights per week
37.9% of Americans unintentionally fell asleep during the day at least once in the past month
1,550 automobile fatalities and nearly 50,000 injuries are attributed to falling asleep each year.
Sleep and recovery are viewed by experts as being among the leading causes of poor performance in sports
20 million people suffer from restless leg syndrome
1 in 4 Americans snores
One of the skills you will learn as a Certified Sleep Science Coach is Sleep Hygiene
These practices aim to help people maintain a consistent sleep schedule, create a relaxing sleep environment, and adopt healthy habits that promote sleep. Good sleep hygiene is important because sleep plays a crucial role in maintaining physical health, mental well-being, and cognitive function.
Examples of good sleep hygiene practices include:
Consistent sleep schedule: Going to bed and waking up at the same time every day, including weekends.
Create a comfortable sleep environment: Keeping the bedroom dark, quiet, cool, and comfortable.
Limiting caffeine and alcohol intake: Avoiding or reducing the consumption of caffeine and alcohol close to bedtime.
Limiting screen time: Avoiding or reducing the use of electronic devices before bedtime, as they emit blue light that can interfere with sleep.
Regular exercise: Engaging in regular physical activity during the day can help promote restful sleep at night.
Relaxation techniques: Practicing relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing or meditation, before bedtime can help calm the mind and promote sleep.
Avoiding large meals and excessive fluid intake before bedtime: Eating a light snack or small meal several hours before bedtime, and avoiding large meals or excessive fluid intake close to bedtime.
Here are four basics about sleep and circadian rhythms that you will learn in extensive detail.
1. Sleep needs. Physiologically, adult humans require about 8 hours of sleep, with a range of around 7 to 9 hours. The amount of sleep an individual requires is genetically determined, and “training” will not alter our unique sleep requirements. Kids and young adults from junior high/middle school years through their early 20’s physiologically require about 9 to 10 hours of sleep.
2. Sleep debt. Losing sleep can build into a cumulative sleep debt. Although most adults require about 8 hours of sleep on average, they actually obtain about 1.5 hours less. This sleep loss accumulates into a sleep debt. For example, over a five-day work week, a daily 1.5-hour sleep loss would accumulate into a 7.5-hour sleep debt by the weekend. This equates to losing one full night of sleep (i.e., pulling an all-nighter) going into the weekend.
3. Circadian rhythms. Humans are hard-wired with a biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. This circadian (circa=around, dies=a day) clock controls the 24-hour rhythms of our physiological and behavioral activities. Its programming controls the 24-hour fluctuations in sleep/wakefulness, hormones, alertness, and performance, and is exhibited at the cellular level. Circadian disruption commonly occurs as a result of irregular schedules or even crossing time zones and has similar negative effects on performance, alertness, health, and mood.
4. Experience reality. How alert an individual “feels” does not always reflect reality. Generally, even though an individual might report feeling wide-awake and at peak alertness, the person’s actual performance could show significant impairment, and the person might fall asleep in less than five minutes (a sign of pathological sleepiness). A person’s ratings of alertness and performance do not accurately reflect actual levels. This “disconnect” is one reason why individuals feel that sleep loss and circadian disruption have minimal or no effect.
Program Details
Course Title: Sleep Science Coach Certification
Credential You Will Earn: Certified Sleep Science Coach (CSSC)
Continuing Education Units: Spencer Institute 2.0 CEUs, NESTA 2.0 CEUs, MMACA 2.0 CEUs, ITCA 2.0 CEUs
Prerequisites: None
Additional course textbook: None
Recertification Requirements: Certification is valid for (2) two years. You are required to complete 2.0 units (20 hours) of CEUs (continuing education credits) to keep your certification valid. Please review the 2-Year Recertification Guide for further details.
Flexible, Self-Paced Learning:
- Comprehensive Online Materials: Master the ins and outs of integration with in-depth training videos, a detailed digital manual, and a non-proctored online exam.
- 24/7 Access: Learn anytime, anywhere with secure access to all materials through our user-friendly learning portal.
- Start on Your Schedule: Register now and create your student account. Begin immediately or log in later - it's up to you!
- Review at Your Pace: The entire course is released at once, allowing you to revisit materials as often as needed.
Fast Results:
- Certification Exam: Take the non-proctored exam when you're ready and receive immediate results.
- Completion Time: Most students finish the course within 3-4 weeks, depending on their pace.
Additional Resources:
- Your Student Dashboard: Access detailed instructions, learning materials, and exam information within your personalized dashboard.
Certification Exam Requirements: Passing a 60 question (multiple choice), non-proctored online exam with 70% or higher. Three attempts at the exam are given. Results are known immediately.
Retest Fee: $95 retest fee applies if the passing requirement is not met at the end of the third exam attempt.
Estimated Completion Time: Course and exam should be completed within one year of purchase. The average student can complete the course if they dedicate approximately 20-30 hours of study time.
Is this program accredited?
The Spencer Institute is accredited by The Certification and Accreditation Board of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP). The AADP is a professional accrediting association which recognizes traditional and non-traditional programs in the United States and around the world.
Why is it important to get a certification in this field? Certified Sleep Science coaches typically have advanced knowledge and training in sleep science, which includes the study of sleep physiology, sleep disorders, and the impact of sleep on physical and mental health. Our program delivers this knowledge in an interactive and engaging format to prepare you to work with anyone toward better sleep outcomes.
