[blindkid] Learning to swim
Carol Castellano
carol_castellano at verizon.net
Sat Jun 16 14:17:17 UTC 2012
Hi Devin,
My daughter had difficulty with this as well. I assume you mean the
circular movement with his arms, right? For our daughter, we had to
start with the components of the movement--teaching her the feeling
of stretching her arms out straight--in any direction. I think she
had to learn this feeling in her shoulders. So we practiced that a
lot--arms straight up (like raising your hand), arms out to the side,
arms forward, etc.
We found adding resistance with one of those elastic physical therapy
bands was helpful for developing a consciousness of the various
muscle groups and sensations.
Hope this helps.
Carol
Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org
At 07:16 AM 6/16/2012, you wrote:
>Hello everyone, I was hoping some of you might have some ideas on how to
>teach swimming. My son was born blind and has some cognitive issues due
>to seizures when he was very young. We are having one heck of a time
>getting him to understand the circular motion concept. Any ideas would be
>appreciated, we have taken him to swim class but they didn't know how to
>help him either.
>Thank you,
>Devin Bewley
>REALTOR, CDPE
>Cherry Creek Properties LLC.
>720-227-7270
>www.shortsalesinaurora.com<http://www.metrobrokersonline.com/agents/Devin.Bewley>
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