Swim Angelfish & Stop Drowning Now Join Forces for Water Safety

Exciting news! Swim Angelfish is teaming up with the incredible Stop Drowning Now (SDN) to make water safety more accessible, especially for our amazing adaptive and special needs community.

Drowning Prevention Education for All Abilities

Like us, Stop Drowning Now is committed to preventing tragic drownings. They are a leading nonprofit, providing vital drowning prevention education and best practices to communities, families, and even governments. Their work in equipping people with the knowledge and steps to be safer in and around water perfectly aligns with our mission at Swim Angelfish.

Our Shared Goal for Water Safety

We both strongly believe that when parents and kids know the dangers around water, learn how to stay safe, and practice what to do in an emergency, they’re much better protected. For our special needs community, these risks are often even more significant, making our combined efforts all the more vital.

As an official Super Supporter, we’re joining forces with SDN to bring even more life-saving tools and support to those who need it most. Our shared goal? To empower every child, parent, and community with the confidence and knowledge to stay safer around water.

Partnership Benefits the Adaptive Community

With Stop Drowning Now as our official educational partner, this collaboration allows us to expand our reach, offer more value to our families and professionals, and continue shaping a world where water safety is inclusive, informed, and empowering. They will share our essential adaptive water safety toolkit and ensure this reaches families in need of extra layers of protection.

We will include activities and resources in our programs from SDN, covering topics such as water safety checklists, emergency action plans and community education on drowning prevention.

As an additional benefit to the Stop Drowning Now aquatic professional community, we are also offering a discount on our Swim Whisperers Level 1 online training course. To take advantage of this discount or for a group rate quote complete this inquiry form.

Ailene Tisser, MA, PT, Founder

Ailene is a pediatric Physical Therapist with more than 25 years of experience treating a variety of diagnoses, both in and out of the water. She is NDT (Neuro-Developmental Treatment) trained in pediatrics and is trained in DIR/Floortime. She is currently certified as an Autism Specialist by IBCCES. Ailene brings all of her Physical Therapy expertise into the water, where she helps children of all abilities feel safe, confident, and independent. She combines her passion and skill for working with children with special needs with the therapeutic properties of the water to achieve amazing results. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience by educating other Aquatic Professionals so that they can also make a significant impact on the lives of swimmers with special needs.

Cindy Freedman, MOTR, Founder

Cindy is a recreational therapist and an Occupational therapist. After working for ten years as a recreational therapist in a variety of settings, she pursued a Master’s degree in OT. Her career as an OT includes specialty training in sensory integration, reflex repatterning, and aquatics. She is currently certified as an Autism Specialist by IBCCES. As a swimmer and national champion diver, Her love of the water combined with her education and work experience created them an opportunity for Swim Angelfish to become a reality! “Our mission is to create an aquatic community of trained instructors so that together we can decrease the alarming statistic of drowning being the leading cause of death for children with special needs.”