About the course:

Real-world scenarios often call on children to respond to challenges. The Stay Safe! program teaches applicable and age-appropriate skills, while increasing and reinforcing a youth’s capacity to improve his or her own safety. Whether in their community or on their own, this group will be given better tools to Stay Safe! in a variety of different situations.

Course Content:

• Importance of responsibility and respect while being accountable for yourself
• Importance of setting and following rules around safety when staying on your own
• How to stay safe at home and within the community
• How to prepare for, recognize and respond to unexpected situations (e.g., inclement weather, strangers, and unanticipated visits)

Basic first aid skills including:

• Check, Call, Care (includes phoning EMS/911)
• Recovery position, conscious choking (adult/child/alone)
• Feeling unwell
• Asthma (includes use of inhaler and spacer), anaphylaxis (includes use of EpiPen), poisoning, and insect stings
• Wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)

• This course is delivered online through the zoom platform.  The participant will need a computer or device and a quiet place to take this course
• Parents are not required to attend the training.
• The participant will require the following;

• An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE)
• Speakers and a microphone – built-in, USB plug-in, or wireless Bluetooth.
• A webcam or HD webcam - built-in, USB plug-in, or: An HD cam or HD camcorder with a video-capture card. Note: See the list of supported devices.