Special Needs Swim Course
This course equips instructors with essential skills to teach swimming to children with special needs, focusing on safety, adaptation, and effective communication.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Special Needs Swimming Course provides practical tools to create safe and effective swimming lessons for children with autism and other special needs. You'll learn principles of adapted aquatics, managing behaviour, using visual aids, and positive reinforcement methods. Develop abilities in adapting to water, floating, controlling breath, and basic movement, while enhancing communication, record-keeping, working with families, and safety measures in the pool.
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Develop skills
- Design of adapted aquatics lessons: quickly plan safe, personalised swimming sessions.
- Swimming instruction informed by ASD: teach considering sensory needs, behaviour, and routines.
- Water safety and risk management: handle pool dangers and emergency procedures.
- Behaviour and family communication: apply visual aids, feedback, and training.
- Building skills progressively: instruct on floating, breath control, and basic propulsion.
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