Red Cross Babysitting Course

Offers basic first aid and caregiving skills for youth 11-15 years old.

Participants learn how to provide care to children in a variety of age groups, and how to prevent and respond to emergencies. The course also offers youth the skills to promote themselves as babysitters to prospective families.

• How to be responsible and demonstrate leadership
• How to make good decisions and manage difficult behaviours
• 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 behaviours
• First aid skills
• The business of babysitting

*Please send your child with a baby doll (if possible), packed lunch and a water bottle. They are also welcome to purchase their lunch or snacks inside the grocery store if they prefer.

*There are no tests given.