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Boles Fire District Offers a Safe Sitter Babysitting Class
  The Boles Fire Protection District sponsors a Safe Sitter Babysitting Class.  The class is formatted from a non-profit organization called Safe Sitter®.   
  The Mission
Safe Sitter® improves the welfare of young children by increasing the availability of young adolescents instructed in safe and nurturing child care techniques.  We enhance the lives of young adolescences by providing the opportunity to acquire competencies in rescue skills, basic first aid, and nurturing, safe child care techniques.

The History
Safe Sitter® was founded in 1980 by Indianapolis pediatrician, Dr. Patricia A. Keener, after a colleague's 18-month-old choked to death while under an adult sitter's care.  Dr. Keener developed Safe Sitter® as a medically accurate instructional program designed for young  adolescents 11 to 13 years of age.  Dr. Keener updates the curriculum regularly.

Class Content
The Safe Sitter® Basic class is what is taught at the Boles Fire District.  The class is designed to take 6 1/2 hours and covers the following curriculum:  Babysitting as a Business, Success on the Job, Child Care Essentials, Safety for the Sitter, Injury Management, Preventing Problem Behavior, Care of Choking Infant, and Care of Choking Child.  It also introduces Preventing Injuries and Behavior Management.

 

  
  The Students Should Expect
Hands-on manikin practice in rescue skills, small group interactive learning, role-playing games, and a fun atmosphere for learning.

Who Can Take the Class
Any student ages 11-13 who wants to know how to become a safer, more effective babysitter.  The student should have a willingness to learn and the ability to communicate in small groups. 

Safe Sitter® will not deny access to the course to any student or Instructor because of race, color, national origin, religion, handicapping condition, or gender.  
 

 

  
       
         
         

 
  Boles Fire Protection District
2731 Hwy T
Labadie, MO 63055
636-742-2515  Fax:636-742-2532
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