Red Cross Babysitting Course

ST1 Reg YES. POS Drop-in NO. Pass Scan NO
2025 Community Centre - Winter - 2025 Winter Hillcrest|#538169

Age at least 11 yrs but less than 16y 11m, Mixed
Education3 - ChildCCA Contractor Business - Category 1

Description

The Babysitting Course refreshed and revised, now has a greater emphasis on First Aid skills. The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course covers everything from managing difficult behaviors 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.

Course Content
How to be responsible and demonstrate leadership
How to make good decisions and manage difficult behaviors
Information on children’s developmental stages, and specific strategies for each stage
How to feed, diaper, dress, and play with children and babies
How to recognize and prevent unsafe situations, make safe choices and promote safe behaviors
First Aid skills
The business of babysitting
Comes with a course manual and certificate of completion from the Canadian Red Cross

Please bring a nut free lunch, snacks, water bottle and a teddy or doll to practice with.

Activity meeting dates

Feb 15, 2025
Sat9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Instructor

First Aid Pro

More Information

SupervisorCentre Activity Admin - MC Hillcrest
DepartmentHC - Children's Programs (4020)

Registration dates

From Dec 5, 2024 7:00 PM
$75.00
Cancelled
Cancelled as of Feb 14, 2025.
Notes
The Babysitting Course refreshed and revised, now has a greater emphasis on First Aid skills. The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course covers everything from managing difficult behaviors 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.

Course Content
How to be responsible and demonstrate leadership
How to make good decisions and manage difficult behaviors
Information on children’s developmental stages, and specific strategies for each stage
How to feed, diaper, dress, and play with children and babies
How to recognize and prevent unsafe situations, make safe choices and promote safe behaviors
First Aid skills
The business of babysitting
Comes with a course manual and certificate of completion from the Canadian Red Cross

Please bring a nut free lunch, snacks, water bottle and a teddy or doll to practice with.