For childcare professionals, most "safe lifting" trainings focus on lifting boxes, furniture or other inanimate objects—not children. And children are a little different, because children move.
A lot.
We've created a Team Talks guide to help you discuss safe lifting with your staff, and provided some, "dos and don'ts" specifically focused on the safe lifting of children. Please use this guide as a conversation starter to reinforce how to safely lift a child and why it's important to do so.
As always, we would love to hear feedback on how your talk goes, and what more we can do to support you in creating a true culture of safety.