Adaptive Swim Training

I think all of the roadblocks and the whole program is brilliant. I really love the videos showing actual lessons. This course is incredibly beneficial, and I wish it was offered when I taught swim lessons as a teen over a decade ago. - Elizabeth Keenan, Encompass Recreation [...]

I enjoyed that each portion was explained in detail and was then followed by examples to help build and solidify the concepts. I really enjoyed the course and learned a lot. Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge! - Kayla Doll, OTD, OTR/L, Kids in Motion Pediatric Therapy [...]

This course has already been so beneficial to me as a swim instructor. I have swimmers that have had major breakthroughs now that I am thinking about identifying roadblocks instead of strictly about normal swim progressions. My lessons are better planned out and my swimmers are more engaged now [...]

Each and every roadblock provided useful information that I plan to implement into my teaching. Having been a swim instructor for over 35 years, I was so pleased to find a course that gave me so many new ideas to try with my swimmers. Many of the ideas will [...]

I thought this course was incredibly valuable, well organized, and extremely informative. I am currently finishing up my OTA program and loved how the information I learned in this course reinforced many concepts I have learned in school. I hope to work in aquatics in the future and will [...]

Thank you so much for providing these trainings and certifications. As an aquatics professional who has previous knowledge and skills in working with special needs children and adults both in water and on land, I very much enjoyed learning the Swim Whisperers methodology. I feel like the Swim Angelfish [...]

The videos showcasing actual students were very inspiring because it showed you all making an actual impact (the fact that the kids were sweet and adorable didn't hurt either). Despite not teaching any children with special needs yet, the strategies from this course are helping me to address the [...]

I would recommend this course to anyone interested in teaching adapted swim. The methodology is relatable and aligns with teaching in the classroom, such as short phrases that are sung to help enhance learning. Also the first, then method. It makes sense that the same methods apply in the [...]

I am blown away at your level of expertise in this field and commend all your research. This was such a great way for me to feel comfortable doing the things I 've been doing and getting better ideas on how to continue approaching each student individually. I [...]

Yay!!! I am so thankful I was told about your program! This course has opened my eyes to many other benefits to techniques I was already doing during my therapy sessions. I can now take this knowledge and apply it to teach swimmers in a way that they can [...]

Having now completed levels 1 and 2 of the Angelfish certification course, I can say that I have enjoyed the training immensely. The strategies have already begun to help me with clients. - Whittney Plunkett, Holy Angels

I thought the course was very thorough. I learned a lot from the information that was shared. - Cristina Alvarado, Rose Bowl Aquatics Center

This course was engaging and informative. It provides in depth knowledge about teaching swim along with applying techniques that may be used in therapy. The videos/case studies were most helpful to visualize and see how each strategy could be implemented. Thank you for having such an amazing course [...]

Having the certification has completely changed the way that we all teach and the way that we think about teaching adaptive aquatics... This program is incredible. - Voices of Swim Angelfish's Swim Whisperers® Certification

The Swimming and Retained Reflexes: High Level Swimmers with Coordination Issues provided me with the most beneficial information. After having experiences and seeing different cases, these new cases helped me with ideas on what to do with some of my clients. I love the idea of an adaptive swim [...]

I have enjoyed this course and have already started using some of the techniques with both mainstream group lessons and private special needs lessons. I enjoy learning and look forward to continuing on with your program. - Jana Olson, Hawg Start Swim School

We have a large number of children with autism in our community and many register for our Swim School. The course has ready helped me understand how some individuals respond differently to water and the pool environment. The Training is great. There is so much more to teaching [...]

Overall from start to finish, I found everything so informative yet easy to understand. As I had no proper resources here in Ireland, I had to figure out a lot of things myself and was doubting myself a lot. Your course, videos, blogs, vlogs etc. confirmed what I was [...]

I really like the course a lot. I swim with quite a few students in both small group and private lessons where I see many of these behaviors, and sometimes we chalk it up to kids just being kids, but it gave me a larger perspective and creative [...]

This course has been incredibly valuable to me. This information and new knowledge will serve to enhance the experience for both my students and myself. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who works with students of all abilities! - Michael Smith, Tahoe Kids Fitness [...]