CIFAL Shanghai

International Sleep Health Trainer Certification

International Advanced Healer (Sleep Health)

Powered by CIFAL Shanghai (UNITAR Project), we train sleep health professionals with SDG concepts and healing skills.

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🎯 SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Background & Vision

This certification program is part of the CIFAL Shanghai (UNITAR Project) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) capacity building series. The program aims to address the increasingly severe global sleep health crisis by empowering professionals to provide scientific sleep management and counseling support (non-medical diagnosis) in clinical, community, and corporate settings through standardized education and training.

We not only teach techniques but also emphasize the "Holistic Health Management and Counseling" concept and cross-cultural competency. Certified trainees will become Change Agents promoting global health and well-being.

Organization

Authority & Organization
HOST

CIFAL Shanghai

UNITAR Shanghai International Training Center

A global network node of the highest-level executive agency directly under the UN General Assembly. Responsible for connecting research resources in related professional fields, supervising project teaching quality and assessment standards, and issuing globally credible certificates of completion.

CO-ORGANIZER

UNIHEAL International

UNIHEAL International Healing Sustainable Development Center

A professional institution focusing on setting standards for the global healing industry. As the executor, it is responsible for the localization of course content, integration of faculty resources, and lifelong support for trainees' career development.

Core Curriculum

Curriculum Structure

Foundation Module

40%
  • SDGs General Knowledge: UN Sustainable Development Goals and Health
  • Sleep Medicine Basics: Neurophysiology and Circadian Rhythms
  • Psychology Introduction: Cognitive Behavioral Basics and Emotion Management
  • Professional Ethics: Health Service Compliance and Privacy Protection

Skill Practice

40%
  • CBT-I Principles: Overview of Applied Sleep Health Education Methods
  • Mindfulness (MBSR): Standardized Meditation Guidance Techniques
  • Sleep Environment Design: Light, Sound, and Temperature Intervention
  • Digital Monitoring: Interpretation of Wearable Device Data

Applied Practice

20%
  • Corporate EAP Solutions: Workplace Sleep Health Project Design
  • Special Population Intervention: Sleep Care for Adolescents and Elderly
  • Case Management: Full-cycle Consultation Process and Supervision
  • Graduation Project: Comprehensive Practical Case/Project Defense

Assessment & Certification

Examination & Certification
01

Course Study

Complete 48 hours of online and offline hybrid teaching

02

Theory Exam

Closed-book written exam to assess mastery of core knowledge

03

Proposal Defense

Submit case report and conduct expert defense

04

Issue Certificate

Awarded UNITAR (CIFAL Shanghai) official completion certificate

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