Newborn Care Specialist (NCS) Certification
Turn your passion for helping families into a career with our $99 Newborn Care Specialist Certification. Learn essential skills to support newborns and families during their first weeks and start your journey as a trusted NCS today.
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Lesson 1.1: Role and Responsibilities of a Newborn Care Specialist
Understand the key functions and expectations of an NCS in supporting families during the newborn phase.
Understand the key functions and expectations of an NCS in supporting families during the newborn phase.
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Lesson 1.2: Understanding the Scope of Practice
Clarify the specific tasks of an NCS, including newborn sleep routines, feeding support, and recognizing health concerns, while avoiding medical or doula-related tasks.
Clarify the specific tasks of an NCS, including newborn sleep routines, feeding support, and recognizing health concerns, while avoiding medical or doula-related tasks.
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Lesson 1.3: Ethical Considerations and Professionalism
Explore the importance of ethics, confidentiality, professionalism, and boundaries in NCS work.
Explore the importance of ethics, confidentiality, professionalism, and boundaries in NCS work.
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Lesson 2.1: Understanding Newborn Characteristics and Needs
Learn to identify newborn physical features, behaviors, and developmental needs.
Learn to identify newborn physical features, behaviors, and developmental needs.
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Lesson 2.2: Feeding Basics
Provide support for bottle feeding, cleaning and sterilizing equipment, and addressing common feeding challenges.
Provide support for bottle feeding, cleaning and sterilizing equipment, and addressing common feeding challenges.
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Lesson 2.3: Sleep, Soothing, and Safety
Master techniques for establishing safe sleep routines, soothing newborns, and ensuring safety in care practices.
Master techniques for establishing safe sleep routines, soothing newborns, and ensuring safety in care practices.
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Lesson 3.1: Handling Emergencies
Learn how to respond to urgent situations, recognize warning signs in mothers and infants, and perform infant CPR.
Learn how to respond to urgent situations, recognize warning signs in mothers and infants, and perform infant CPR.
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Lesson 3.2: Recognizing Signs of Common Newborn Health Issues
Understand how to identify early signs of jaundice, dehydration, or feeding problems, and guide families in seeking medical care.
Understand how to identify early signs of jaundice, dehydration, or feeding problems, and guide families in seeking medical care.
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Lesson 3.3: Safe Infant Handling and Care Basics
Focus on safe infant handling techniques, including bathing, diapering, and basic hygiene.
Focus on safe infant handling techniques, including bathing, diapering, and basic hygiene.
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Lesson 4.1: Educating Families on Newborn Care
Develop skills to teach families how to care for their newborns confidently and independently.
Develop skills to teach families how to care for their newborns confidently and independently.
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Lesson 4.2: Creating a Supportive Home Environment
Guide families in setting up safe sleep and feeding spaces and streamlining daily newborn care tasks.
Guide families in setting up safe sleep and feeding spaces and streamlining daily newborn care tasks.
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Lesson 4.3: Communication and Cultural Sensitivity
Learn strategies to work respectfully with diverse families and communicate effectively to meet their unique needs.
Learn strategies to work respectfully with diverse families and communicate effectively to meet their unique needs.
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Lesson 5.1: Starting and Managing Your NCS Practice
Gain insights into setting up a successful NCS business, from registering your practice to managing client interactions.
Gain insights into setting up a successful NCS business, from registering your practice to managing client interactions.
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Lesson 5.2: Contracts, Pricing, and Client Management
Learn how to create clear contracts, set fair pricing, and handle client relationships professionally.
Learn how to create clear contracts, set fair pricing, and handle client relationships professionally.
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Lesson 5.3: Marketing and Networking Strategies
Develop strategies to market your services and build a strong professional network.
Develop strategies to market your services and build a strong professional network.
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Step 2: Practical Skills Evaluation (1 hr)
Assess practical competence in managing common newborn care situations, supporting family routines, and addressing challenges such as feeding, sleep, and creating a safe and nurturing environment.
Assess practical competence in managing common newborn care situations, supporting family routines, and addressing challenges such as feeding, sleep, and creating a safe and nurturing environment.
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Step 3: Interview Assignment (1 hr)
As part of the Newborn Care Specialist certification process, you are required to conduct two recorded interviews—one with a certified Newborn Care Specialist and another with a parent or caregiver who has recently cared for a newborn (within the last three years). These interviews are designed to deepen your understanding of newborn care practices, family needs, and effective communication, while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to ethical guidelines.
As part of the Newborn Care Specialist certification process, you are required to conduct two recorded interviews—one with a certified Newborn Care Specialist and another with a parent or caregiver who has recently cared for a newborn (within the last three years). These interviews are designed to deepen your understanding of newborn care practices, family needs, and effective communication, while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to ethical guidelines.
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Step 4: Recommendation Letter
For the Newborn Care Specialist certification, you must submit two recommendation letters from individuals who can attest to your integrity, reliability, and suitability, such as employers, mentors, colleagues, clients, friends, or family.
For the Newborn Care Specialist certification, you must submit two recommendation letters from individuals who can attest to your integrity, reliability, and suitability, such as employers, mentors, colleagues, clients, friends, or family.
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Three Easy Steps
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1. Enroll
Sign up for the course ($99 only) and instantly access all training materials and certification requirement from any device.
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2. Learn
Complete self-paced modules with interactive lessons, videos, and quizzes designed to deepen your knowledge.
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3. Certify (No Hidden Fees)
Pass the final assessment, receive your certification, and start empowering families with confidence.
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FAQs
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Yes, the $99 fee is the only fee you’ll pay. It includes both the training and certification with the DNT Network. There are no additional costs, so you can focus entirely on your learning and certification journey.
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Our course offers comprehensive training that covers everything from prenatal support to labor techniques, postpartum care, and the business of being a doula. You’ll also receive access to interactive lessons, video tutorials, and a dedicated support team.
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The course is self-paced, allowing you to move through the modules at your convenience. On average, students complete the training in 3–4 weeks, but you can finish faster or take more time depending on your schedule.
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Once you’ve completed all course requirements, you can submit your materials for review at any time. The review and approval process typically takes 7-10 business days, after which you’ll receive your official certification.
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At DNT Network, we’re breaking barriers in professional training with affordable, transparent, and modern certification programs. No unnecessary delays, bureaucracy, or hidden costs—just streamlined, high-quality online courses and certification procedures designed to empower aspiring doulas and newborn care specialists. Join us today and start your journey without breaking the bank!
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DNT Network stands out by offering an affordable, fully online, self-paced course that provides comprehensive knowledge and modern, evidence-based techniques. We make it easy to fit learning into your busy life while delivering top-notch training at a fraction of the cost.
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