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Red Cross Babysitting Course


Teaching leadership and responsibility

This 8 hour in-person course offers first aid training and basic care-giving skills for students 11 – 15 years old. Increasingly, parents expect the sitters they hire to have Red Cross training. The program is respected for developing sitters who are comfortable, confident, and competent.

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Participants learn about how to prevent and respond to emergencies, how to meet the needs of children of different ages, and how to promote oneself as a sitter.

 

Cost:

$70 plus tax for individuals

$60 plus tax for school groups

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The course can be completed over a week or a weekend.

100% attendance is required to complete the course.

Students must demonstrate their skills and achieve at least 75% on a written exam.

Students who successfully complete the program receive a certificate, a first aid kit, and a copy of the Babysitting Manual.

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The Stay Safe! Course


Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. The Stay Safe! program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills, while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations. 

 

Duration: 5 to 6 hours. Flexible scheduling options. Also available in virtual, instructor-led delivery format

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Prerequisite

Age 9-13*

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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 Material

  • Stay Safe!  Workbook

 

Cost: $65plus tax

School Group pricing: $60 plus tax

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