Swim Angelfish Testimonials & Reviews

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 be looking into the aquatic therapy courses after graduation!

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 methodology and techniques will be of service for myself to continue on as well as to help lead and incorporate within my community. I’m looking forward to getting in the water with my community to share my knowledge and better the lives of those around me.

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 same roadblocks in children without them.

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 pool. I would like to thank you for creating this course and I am excited to see Swim Angelfish methods grow in Austin, Texas!

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 am so grateful for your support and your dedication to elevate this profession as you continue to do.

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 understand and be successful. And give parents hope!!

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.

I thought the course was very thorough. I learned a lot from the information that was shared.

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 for us to learn from 😊.

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.

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 team!!! That has become my new goal for the program I am developing at the Nashua YMCA!

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.

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 swimming to children with different abilities and THIS is the way to go.

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 doing, but from now on I can offer a lot more to all the swimmers with more confidence.

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 ways to process through them.

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!

I enjoyed all the sections and all three levels. The knowledge I have gained in priceless.

Thank you for presenting the material it’s so easy to understand and use. I am truly so energized as an instructor and ready to study, re-read through the manual and begin using these new ideas.

All of your videos are so helpful when working with differently abled swimmers. I am enjoying incorporating what I am learning into my adaptive lessons. I love having the ‘ah-ha’ moments when I see in person what you are talking about in the videos.

I am an occupational therapist and I can’t say enough great things about how therapeutically appropriate and helpful this training is!

As an OT who has performed aquatic therapy for over 20 years, I am learning SO MUCH and am so grateful for this program! This is my 2nd course. LOVE IT ALL!!!

I love how the instructor is making clear, individualized and unique expectations to the swimmer! He is learning in a comfortable environment and able to meet the expectations the instructor is setting for him. As an SLP, I know it’s vital to use short, direct statements to make it clear what is expected of our swimmers. Love it!

As an educator or 21 years and a swim coach for 16 I am thrilled to combined the two in order to better serve our special needs community. These Poolside Printables are fantastic! So many times I have parents that feel helpless around the water in regards to their child. Having something to empower them is priceless. Practical tips with rationale; makes my teacher heart happy!

These resources and printable assessments will be so helpful as we continue to develop, evaluate and plan lessons to keep our participants engaged and learning! Thank you for developing this program to help us provide the best services to our communities.