Transform Infant Swim with a Therapeutic Sensory Approach

Created by experts. Informed by practice. Designed to empower parents and professionals to help every child build strength and confidence in the water.

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Transform Your Teaching

Learn a proven, therapeutic approach to enhance your infant swim lessons. Build strength, sensory skills, and lasting water confidence for every parent and child in our online course.

Empower Your Child

Give your child a safe and meaningful introduction to the water. Our course teaches you a therapeutic approach to help you build their strength, sensory skills, and confidence in a fun, supportive way.

Who Benefits from this Course?

This online course is designed for aquatic professionals and parents of young children.

  • Professionals will learn how to confidently teach baby swim and guide young toddlers with a wide range of support needs in the water, including those with sensory or learning needs.
  • Parents will gain the skills and knowledge to effectively support their own child’s development in the water.

Support needs include:

  • Autism
  • ADHD
  • Down syndrome
  • Sensory Sensitivities or Sensory Processing Disorder
  • Auditory Processing Disorder
  • Learning difficulties or learning disabilities
  • Neurodivergent profiles (including anxiety, dyspraxia, and more)

Unlike other infant swim instructor courses, our program provides you with a therapeutic framework to enhance your lessons.

For parents, it empowers you to be your child’s therapeutic guide in the water strengthening your bond with your child as you provide them with the sensory and emotional regulation they need to thrive.

What Will You Learn?

You’ll learn a therapeutic approach that incorporates core strengthening, sensory input for self-regulation, and visual supports to maximize participation. This empowers you to help every child become comfortable and thrive in a fun, supportive aquatic environment.

Course Objectives:

Designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills to transform swim experiences for young children. You will learn to:

  • Master practical strategies to create engaging and effective aquatic experiences for children with diverse developmental and sensory needs.
  • Utilize water as a therapeutic tool to improve a child’s motor skills, balance, and coordination.
  • Implement techniques for core strengthening and sensory regulation to boost a child’s comfort and confidence in the water.
  • Foster a stronger parent-child bond by creating a fun, supportive, and safe environment.
  • Equip children with essential water safety skills while encouraging a lifelong love for swimming.

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Why Early Water Exposure Matters

Introducing babies and toddlers to the water offers benefits that go beyond basic swimming skills. Our therapeutic approach enhances these benefits, creating a strong foundation for a lifelong love of swimming and water confidence.

  • Boosts Physical Development
    The natural resistance of water is a perfect environment for young children to strengthen their muscles, improve coordination, and develop core stability and balance.
  • Enhances Sensory Processing
    Water provides a unique sensory experience. Our therapeutic approach helps children with sensitivities to become more comfortable and confident, promoting self-regulation and a positive relationship with the aquatic environment.
  • Develops a Stronger Bond
    Sharing the water creates a unique opportunity for one-on-one time. This shared experience, filled with focused attention and fun, strengthens the parent-child bond and builds a sense of trust.
  • Promotes Water Safety
    Early exposure to the water is crucial for developing water safety skills and reducing the fear of water. Our approach helps children develop a natural comfort level that is essential for their safety around pools, beaches, and lakes.
  • Improves Confidence and Well-being
    Achieving new milestones in the water builds a child’s self-esteem and independence. This boost in confidence is often carried over into other areas of their life, helping them thrive both in and out of the water.

Real Stories, Real Results, Real Reviews

2025-08-20T19:53:30-04:00

I just completed the Parent & Child Course! Thank you for another wonderful training! I am very excited to incorporate these strategies into my lessons to help my swimmers meet swim skill benchmarks easier. I feel these techniques are helpful for every child! Overall this was an amazing course! I love these types of videos from Swim Angelfish! Thank you!

– Ashley George, Universal Athletic Club

2025-08-20T20:08:46-04:00

The Parent & Child course was awesome, a lot of useful information shared and fun to watch. Thank you for the courses you provide!

– Leticia Maniell, PWCS Aquatics Center

2025-08-21T17:06:36-04:00

Ailene is amazing! I have learned so many new strategies and how to instruct parents to hold their children. The parent-child class is a growing area for me. Children of all abilities benefit from these techniques. I’m excited to get back in the water tomorrow with the moms and kids. Thank you.

– Beth Baker, West Michigan Aquatics

A Look Inside Our Parent & Child Course

Take a look inside an aquatic therapy session with 2-year-old Miles as he makes waves—literally and figuratively—in the pool. Watch how gentle, purposeful movements and therapeutic techniques help build strength, confidence, and joy in young swimmers like Miles.

This behind-the-scenes glimpse is part of what we teach in our latest course, Parent & Child Swim: Therapeutic Approaches, designed for professionals and parents looking to support early childhood aquatic development through evidence-based strategies. Curious to learn more?