Special Needs Swimming Lessons

Our Special Needs Swimming Lessons is beyond gaining water safety skills. We use a specialised framework and curriculum that addresses their individual unique water safety challenges. It is tailored to promote cognitive, language, physical, emotional, and social developmental milestone achievements, while allowing a flexible and adaptable lesson plan to suit the interest of our special swimmers. This includes incorporating a Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to encourage neural stimulation and linkage between visual, verbal cues to physical actions with using learning aids such as pictures and symbols.

To name a few, they will also learn foundational activities such as blowing bubbles, moving through the water, and learning how to stay afloat. These can help with their oral articulation, coordination, and spatial awareness to achieve a physical goal whilst dealing with potential emotional stress. Furthermore, the pool’s buoyancy and repeated motions can help reduce anxiety. Along with other achievable water activities, it will boost self-esteem and confidence in expressing their feelings more openly.