Young Babysitters Trained at Intermountain Health Super Sitters Safety Classes

A popular summer time job for many teens is babysitting, but it implies a lot of responsibility. To help parents and the community, Intermountain Health is offering a Super Sitter Safety babysitting classes for kids ages 10 to 15.

Parents leaving their child in the care of a teenager want to know if their sitter can respond quickly and appropriately in case there is an emergency. The 90-minute in-person class engages children and teens in actively learning to know what to do, including:

• Hands on emergency training for a choking infant or child
• Hands on emergency training on how to perform basic infant and child CPR (not a certification)
• How to calm a crying infant
• How to feed, burp, and diaper an infant
• How to plan age-appropriate activities that are safe and fun
• What items to include in a babysitting kit
• How to effectively and safely communicate with adults
• How to understand their boundaries while babysitting
• Access to online Super Sitter resources

“Participants in this class learn everything from how to protect the children in their care, when to call 9-1-1, and how to properly change a diaper,” said Natalie Godfrey, community health coordinator at Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. “The overall goal is to make sure the children are in good hands and provide peace of mind for parents.”

The $35 classes are available throughout the Wasatch front from Ogden to Provo at the following Intermountain Health Hospitals:

• Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City
• Intermountain Logan Hospital
• Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital, Ogden
• Intermountain Layton
• Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital, Provo
• Intermountain Riverton Hospital

“We are giving these babysitters a very broad spectrum of safety topics in hopes of building their confidence,” said Godfrey. “We are also giving them tools in their pockets to help them be successful for a very long time.”

Each registrant receives their own babysitting bag, which includes a booklet that summarizes the information discussed in class.

For more information on the Intermountain Super Sitter Babysitter classes, including registration click here.

About Intermountain Health

Headquartered in Utah with locations in seven states and additional operations across the western U.S., www.intermountainhealth.org is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, medical groups with some 3,900 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plans division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is committed to improving community health and is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes at sustainable costs. For more information or updates, see https://intermountainhealthcare.org/news.