Infant Specialized Au Pair Training

All au pairs participating in the Au Pair Care program are required to attend the Au Pair Academy to ensure they are prepared to provide your child with the best possible care. Our Infant Specialized au pairs attend a separate training program devoted to baby care and infant development.

Au Pair Care's Infant Specialized curriculum is developed in concert with leading specialists in the areas of infant childcare and development. Au Pair Care's proprietary Infant Specialized Au Pair Training Program utilizes a hands-on approach to train au pairs in infant safety and caregiving and infant stimulation and development. Infant Specialized au pairs receive five days of orientation and training in infant care and development. 

Infant Specialized Au Pair training topics Include:

• General household safety and hygiene
• Communicating with parents about infant care
• Infant care basics (feeding, bathing, changing, transportation)
• What to do in an emergency
• Creating and monitoring baby's daily routine
• Infant stages of development
• Games and activities to stimulate infant mental development
• Baby massage and infant soothing techniques
• Infant sign language
• Caring for multiples
• American parenting techniques
• Coping techniques to handle stress as an infant caregiver
   

 Training highlights include:

• Certification in infant CPR and first aid by the American Heart Association
• Hands on instruction in infant massage benefits and practice through nationally certified and skilled trainers
• Training and practice in infant sign language using the Baby Fingers™ method, a leading infant sign language learning organization