Inova Loudoun Hospital Offering Safe Babysitting Class

Safe Sitter Babysitting Course Designed for 11- to 13-Year-Olds

Leesburg, VA – (August 25, 2009) – Inova Loudoun Hospital will host a babysitting course on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lansdowne Campus at 44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, VA, in the patient education room. The class is designed for students wishing to learn effective babysitting strategies. Cost for the course is $55 per student, which covers manuals and snacks. Students should bring lunch.

Participants can register by calling 703-858-6360 or visiting the Web site at www.thebirthinginn.org.

The Safe Sitter Babysitting Course is a medically accurate, competency-based, highly structured babysitting-preparation course designed for students from 11 to 13 years old. The curriculum was written by a pediatrician and includes such topics as Babysitting as a Business, Success on the Job, Childcare Essentials, Safety for the Sitter, Injury Management, Preventing Problem Behavior, Care of a Choking Infant and Care of a Choking Child. It also includes tutorials on rescue breathing, in-class practice time and expanded information on behavior management and preventing injuries.

Inova Loudoun Hospital, serving Loudoun County for nearly 100 years, is part of the Inova Health System; a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. Inova provides a healthy environment for its patients, families, visitors, staff and physicians by prohibiting tobacco use on its campuses.