Saturday

11 Mar

Stay Safe! Home Alone Course (Ages 9-11)

Time

9:00am to 2:00pm

Phone/Email

587-525-9640

programs@orchardsra.ca

Location

The Orchards


4059 Orchards Drive SW


Saturday | March 11 | 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Residents: $65.50

Non-Residents: $75.00

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.  

  • 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, recognize and respond to unexpected situations, (i.e. inclement weather, strangers, unanticipated visits) 
  • First Aid Content: 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, insect stings, wound care (i.e. minor cuts and scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps and bruises, life-threatening bleeding, burns)