First Aid for Your Child Learn what to do in the most common childhood emergencies. Positive Parenting Community outreach project which focuses on keeping our children safe in the home and in the community - with a focus on preventing violence, keeping guns out of the home and positive parenting. A Babysitting Program Safesitter a nationally recognized workshop for children 11-13 years of age. See below for more information. Call 1.800.KIDS DOC to register.
Class size is limited.
The Safe Sitter course is an instructional babysitting program for adolescents 11-13 years old and is taught by certified Safe Sitter Instructors. Children's Memorial Hospital offers these classes through the Center for Childhood Safety, which has joined with the Safe Sitter Corporation and approximately 800 other organizations in teaching the Safe Sitter curriculum. Two days of intensive instruction and a Safe Sitter manual. A course-completion card after they successfully complete a written test and practical exam at the end of the course. Children's Memorial Hospital is located at 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60614-3394.