The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course covers everything from managing difficult behaviour to essential content on leadership and professional conduct as a babysitter. 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.

Ages 11-15 (or completed grade 5)

It focuses on:

- 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

Duration​
7-8 hours - $50 incl. tax

Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. The Stay Safe!program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills, while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations.

Ages 9-13 (or completed grade 3)
It focuses on:
- Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself

- Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own

- How to stay safe at home and within the community

- How to prepare, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits)

Duration
5-6 hrs -  $40 incl. tax

This course provides the skills needed to recognize and respond to cardiovascular emergencies and choking for adults, children, and infants depending on the level chosen. CPR/AED meets legislation requirements for provincial/ territorial WSIB, and include the latest CPR guidelines and training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).  

Duration

CPR-A  4-5 hrs - $75 incl. tax

CPR-C  5-6 hrs - $75 incl. tax

Recert 

CPR-A    N/A  
CPR-C  3.5-4 hrs - $65 incl. tax

 Basic One-day course covers skills needed to recognize, prevent, and respond to life threatening conditions. 
​It focuses on:

- Airway, Breathing and Circulation emergencies
- Wounds 
- Prevention of disease transmission​

Duration
EFA-A  7-8 hrs - $90 incl. tax
EFA-C  8 hrs - $90 incl. tax​

Recert

N/A

*10% Student Discount Available

BLENDED OPTIONS AVAILABLE

 Comprehensive 2-day course covers life threatening conditions and emergencies that could become life threatening if left untreated. 
It Focuses on:
- Airway, Breathing and Circulation emergencies
- Wounds

- Head & Spine Injuries
 - Bone Muscle & Joint Injuries

- Sudden Medical Emergencies
- Heat & Cold Related Emergencies
 - Poisonings

Duration
SFA-A  15 hrs - $140 incl. tax
SFA-C  16 hrs - $140 incl. tax​

Recert

SFA-A  7 hrs - $100 incl. tax
SFA-C  8 hrs - $100 incl. tax​

*10% Student Discount Available

BLENDED OPTIONS AVAILABLE

New parents or Grandparents & family members welcome! Workshops are designed to teach the basics of CPR for infants & children, how to deal with choking  & all those questions you may have about infant & child care. 

Possible topic can include:

-infant/child CPR/AED

-Choking

-Allergies

-Seizures

-How to recognize emergencies  

Duration 

Private in home session – 2 hours

Group Sessions available