BABYSITTING COURSE
Dufferin County's Babysitting Course!
Shelburne Location: Turn It Out Dance Studio 209 Main St. E Shelburne
Orangeville Location: 191 C Line, Orangeville, ON L9W 3W7
Timing: 9:30am-3:30pm
Price: $85.00 plus HST
Prerequisite: 11-15 years old
Course Description
The Babysitting course refreshed and revised, now has a greater emphasis on First Aid skills. The Babysitting 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.
Topics Covered:
- Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911)
- Glove Removal
- Recovery Position
- Conscious Choking (adult/child/baby/alone)
- CPR (baby/child)
- Illness
- Asthma (includes the use of inhaler and spacer),
- Anaphylaxis (includes the use of EpiPen)
- Poisoning
- Insect Stings
- Wound Care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)
- Head, Neck and Back Injuries
- Broken Bones
- Seizures
Check out our First Aid Kits page to see the options for the kids kits :)