Teaching families how to get the best chance of getting the quality sleep needed to thrive.
Hello!
My name is Katie Faulkner.
I teach parents like you how to create the best possible chance of getting the quality sleep needed to thrive.
As a parent, elementary school teacher and a former home-based preschool provider, I have seen firsthand how sleep (or lack of it) impacts the lives of families. Sleep enables us to function optimally and is critical for healthy growth and development. More than that, the quality of sleep experienced impacts mental and emotional wellbeing, which influences the quality of life we live. Sleep is the bed upon which wellbeing rests. I love teaching families like yours how to enhance wellbeing through sleep.
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When I'm not helping families improve their sleep, you can find me with my husband and our two boys - we love going on adventures as a family, especially when we are all well-rested.
was born through synthesizing what I've learned throughout life as a teacher, a parent and through supporting families with sleep.
Education
2014: Special Education, Part 1 - Continuing Teacher Education, Queen’s University
2009: Master of Science in Childhood Education
Canadian Teacher Certification
D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY
Certificates
-2021: The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development
led by Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
-2021: The Brain Story Certification through the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
-2020: Foundations in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Practice: Certificate Lecture Series through SickKids Learning Institute and IMHP: Infant Mental Health Promotion
-2020: Sleep: Neurobiology, Medicine and Society through the University of Michigan
-2020: Safe Infant Sleep through Alberta Health Services; Primary Care Learning Portal
-2018: Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Level I & II through C.P.I. Inc
-2013, 2014: Restitution Training Level I & II through Real Restitution, Chelsom Consultants
Conferences
-Infant Sleep Symposium 2020, Gold Birth and Beyond Online Learning Conference
-The Sleeposium 2020,2021 Advanced Training Certification Program through Child Sleep Institute
Courses
-January 2021: Build My Brain through Rollins Centre for Language and Literacy
-December 2019: (2016) Nurturing Secure Attachments for Infants and Toddlers: The Key to Optimal Development
presented by Dr. Alice Sterling Honig, through Early Childhood Investigations
Workshops/Webinars Attended
-January 2021: Trauma Informed Care (TIC) - For Individuals Who Help Those Impacted by Trauma Provide Patient Centered Care through Alberta Health Services
-February 2020: Infant Mental Health in an Indigenous Context - Best Start Resource Centre: Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre
-January 2020: Why ACEs Impact Neurological Development - Best Start Resource Centre: Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre
- 2019: Informed Decision Making (IDM): Supporting All Families - Best Start Resource Centre: Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre
- 2019: Breastfeeding is Everyone’s Job - Best Start Resource Centre: Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre