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Babysitting Course

  • Elma Memorial Community Centre 251 Main St. Atwood, ON N0G 1B0 Canada (map)

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Babysitting Course


Event Host

This event is organized by the Municipality of North Perth.
Click here to email Kelly Broughton with any questions.


Event Details

  • This one day course offers basic first aid and caregiving skills for youth 11-15 years of age.

  • Cost of the course is $67.

  • 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 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.

  • All participants will receive the Babysitter’s Manual and Completion Certificate.

  • What to bring: doll or stuffed animal (learning to diaper), writing utensil, paper, water bottle, lunch, snacks, indoor shoes


Event Registration

Register online under “Courses & Training - Babysitting”: https://app.univerusrec.com/northperthpub/courses/index.asp

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