Safe Sitter Baby-Sitting Class Offered

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Safe Sitter Baby-Sitting Course Offered

North Baldwin Infirmary will offer a Safe Sitter baby-sitting course in June to boys and girls ages 11 to 13. Safe Sitter, a national baby sitter training program designed to teach young adults to be safe baby sitters, is a medically-accurate program that teaches basic child care skills (diapering, feeding, etc.) and how to handle emergencies when caring for younger children.

Safe Sitter is a one-day course. The goal of Safe Sitter is to reduce the number of accidental and preventable deaths among children being cared for by baby sitters. Thousands of young adolescents across the country have been trained by Safe Sitter to handle life-threatening emergencies.

Certified instructors from North Baldwin Infirmary will teach the course, which includes hands-on practice in basic lifesaving techniques and CPR so they are prepared to act in a crisis. Safe Sitter participants also receive helpful tips to make them more confident caregivers such as safety and security precautions, what to do when a stranger comes to the door and when and how to call for help. They will also receive information on child development and age-appropriate activities to learn about the business aspects of baby-sitting.

To successfully complete the Safe Sitter program, the students are required to pass a rigorous practical and written test to show they have mastered the key concepts and have the skills necessary to handle an emergency.

The cost of the program is $35. The class is June 20, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the North Baldwin Infirmary conference room.

Click on the links below to download a Safe Sitter registration form and student contract.

Safe Sitter Registration Form

Safe Sitter Student Contract

Complete and mail to the following address.

North Baldwin Infirmary

Public Relations Department

P. O. Box 1409

Bay Minette, AL 36507

For additional questions, call North Baldwin Infirmary Public Relations department at 580-1715.