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

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Special Needs Swimming Course provides practical tools to create safe, effective swimming lessons for children with autism and other special needs. You'll learn adapted swimming principles, managing behaviour, using visual aids, and positive reinforcement methods. Develop skills in adapting to water, floating, controlling breath, and basic movement, while enhancing communication, record-keeping, working with families, and pool safety measures.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Adapted swimming lesson planning: quickly design safe, personalised swim sessions.
- Autism-informed swimming teaching: instruct considering sensory needs, behaviour, and routines.
- Water safety and hazard management: handle pool risks and emergency procedures.
- Behaviour and family engagement: apply visual aids, feedback, and training.
- Step-by-step skill development: teach floating, breath control, and basic propulsion.
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