[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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