Babysitter's Course

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COURSE Details:

• In-Class Only: 7 - 8 hours​

Cost:  $70.00 per participant (taxes included)
Prerequisite:  Age 11 - 15 year olds

FAQ's for this course:

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The Babysitter's course, refreshed and revised, now has a greater emphasis on First Aid skills. The Canadian Red Cross Babysitter's course covers everything from managing difficult behaviours to essential content on leadership and professional conduct as a babysitter. Babysitting promises to deepen and enhance the responsibility that older youth feel when caring for younger children. This updated curriculum, complete with new science, also provides improved learning when it comes to giving the appropriate care in the event of an emergency.
Completion Criteria:

• Ability to comprehend and successfully demonstrate all required skills, including critical steps;
• 100% attendance and participation;
• and adherence to the Fundamental Principles.

Certification:

• Certificate of completion​​

Course Content:

• Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself
• Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own
• How to stay safe at home and within the community
• How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits) 

First Aid Content:

• Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911),
  
• Recovery position,
  
• Conscious choking (adult/child/alone),
  
• Feeling unwell,
  
• Asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer),
  
• Anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen),
  
• Poisoning,
  
• Insect stings,
  
• Wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)​​​

Take-Home Materials:

• Babysitter's Workbook
• Certificate of completion