Purpose

Empower the next generation of babysitters with our Babysitter’s Training course! Designed for youth

ages 11-16, this program builds the skills and confidence to care for children and infants safely and

responsibly.

Prerequisites

None. Recommended age 11–16 years.

Learning Objectives

• Build important skills such as leadership, role modeling, discovering motivation,

communication, taking action and decision making.

• Identify ways to respect family culture and diversity among the children they babysit.

• Apply the FIND decision-making model to common babysitting situations.

• Use safe and appropriate techniques for finding babysitting jobs.

• List good business practices and professional work behaviors for babysitting.

• Enhance safety at home by spotting potential issues, learning how to prevent them, and quickly

taking action to ensure a safe environment.

• Identify which behaviors to expect from children based on their ages and developmental stages.

• Describe the importance of play for children’s growth and development.

• List and apply appropriate techniques to encourage positive behavior, provide positive

reinforcement, and correct negative behavior.

• Name at least three types of basic child care.

• Recognize an emergency.

• Identify and apply the emergency action steps: CHECK—CALL—CARE.

• Explain the differences between life-threatening and non-life-threatening emergencies.

• Identify who to call and when to call in different emergency situations.

• Describe how to check a conscious child or infant.

• Explain how to care for bleeding and burns.

• Describe the proper hand washing technique.

• Demonstrate how to properly remove disposable gloves.

• Demonstrate these caregiving skills:

o Pick up and holding an infant and toddler

o Bottle-feed an infant

o Spoon-feed an infant or toddler

o Diaper an infant or toddler

o Help a conscious child or infant who is choking

o Check an unconscious child or infant

o Give care to an unconscious child or infant who is not breathing.

o Control external bleeding

Course: Babysitter’s Training r.25

Length

TBD by 1/10/2025 Instructor

A currently certified First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor.

Certification Requirement

• Attend all class sessions.

• Participate in all skill sessions, discussions and activities.

• Demonstrate competency in all observable skills.

Certificate Issued and Validity Period

Babysitter’s Training: 10 years

Participant Products/Materials

Babysitter’s Training Handbook (Stock No. xxx)

Babysitter’s Training eBook

Child Care App