Safe Sitter 1 Day
*The event has already taken place on this date: Mon, 07/11/2016
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Creative Inservices is a registered Safe Sitter® teaching site and now offers the comprehensive babysitting training program for young adolescents (11 and up). Over 500,000 graduates have completed the course at hundreds of cities across the country. Graduates are able to handle emergencies when caring for younger children and are equally equipped with the tools needed to stay home alone safely.
Injuries are the leading cause of death in children up to age 5. Safe Sitter® is a well-rounded youth development program with a medical basis that aims to reduce the number of avoidable and unintentional deaths among children being cared for by young teen babysitters. The program follows American Heart Association standards for rescue skills as well as instruction in first aid techniques from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The nationally-recognized program was developed by Indianapolis pediatrician Dr. Patricia Keener after a colleague’s toddler choked to death while in the care of an adult sitter who didn’t know what actions to take. Students who complete the Safe Sitter® program gain confidence and learn how, why and where injuries can happen so they can be prevented.
Safe Sitters learn:
- How, why and where injuries happen so they can prevent them
- How to decide the seriousness of an injury if it does happen
- How to get help if needed
- How to keep themselves safe when babysitting or at home alone
- How a child’s age affects how to care for them
- How to prevent problem behavior
- How to rescue a choking infant or child
- How to run a babysitting business
- How to be safe when online or using a cell phone
- How to perform infant and child CPR-2 day class (CPR certification classes are offered separately)
Students must be at least 11 years old by the day of the class.
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