✅ Course Description

American Red Cross Babysitter Training Course
Hosted by Ready Set Rescue – Port Orange, FL
📞 407-401-0330

The Babysitter Training Course from the American Red Cross is a fun, engaging, and empowering program designed for youth ages 10 to 17 who want to become responsible, confident, and prepared babysitters. Offered through Ready Set Rescue, this course provides young participants with the skills they need to safely care for children and infants, handle emergencies, and launch their own babysitting business.

📘 Course Format

• Instructor-led in-person training that includes interactive lectures, group discussions, hands-on skills, and role-playing.

• Blended learning may be available at select sessions, combining an online module with an in-person skills class (ask for availability).

🧠 What You'll Learn

• Basic Childcare Skills: Feeding, diapering, dressing, and engaging children in age-appropriate play.

• Safety & First Aid: How to childproof environments, prevent injuries, and respond to minor first aid incidents like cuts, burns, and scrapes.

• Emergency Response: How to recognize breathing and cardiac emergencies in children and infants, and when to call for help. (Note: This course includes CPR awareness, but does not provide full CPR certification.)

• Behavior Management: Communication tips, strategies for managing tantrums, and supporting bedtime routines.

• Business Basics: How to start and promote a babysitting service, create a resume, set rates, and interact professionally with families.

📚 Key Topics Include:

• Infant and toddler feeding, including bottle-feeding

• Safe play and age-appropriate toys

• Handling separation anxiety and tantrums

• Creating safe sleep environments and bedtime routines

• Professional conduct and managing expectations with parents

👥 Who Should Take This Course?

• Youth ages 10–17 interested in babysitting

• Parents who want to empower their children with caregiving skills

• Scout troops, youth groups, and community organizations

🎓 Certification

Participants who complete the course will receive an official American Red Cross Babysitter Training Certificate, recognized nationwide.

🌟 Course Benefits

• Build confidence and independence through real-world skills

• Learn how to respond calmly in emergencies

• Gain tools to launch and manage a babysitting business

• Participate in interactive learning with games, videos, and group activities

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📍 Location:
Ready Set Rescue
Port Orange, FL

📞 Questions or group bookings?
Call us at 407-401-0330 or email us to reserve your spot!

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