Adapted Aquatics Handbook

Adapted Aquatics Handbook

Chapter: i

Visual Aids
Instructional Materials:
In this chapter there are four main visual aids that will help the students who learn best
through visual means rather than verbal instruction. The first visual aid is swimming cards to
help show what the student should be doing in the pool. Second is the Mood smileys that help
the students say how well their day went in the pool. Third is the pool routine to show the
student how a day at the pool should go. Last is the Stroke illustration to help students visually
see how to do a certain stroke in the pool.
Purposes for use:
1. Swimming Cards: Swimming cards are used to show the basic movements in the pool
from bobbing up and down to laying on your back for the back stroke.
2. Mood Smileys: Mood Smileys help illustrate how the student feels in the pool, did they
have fun today in the pool or were they frustrated and kind of mad. They will be able to
circle the curtain smiley so the teacher will know how they were feeling today.
3. Pool Routine: The pool routine shows the student how to do the basics steps when going
to the pool, changing and leaving. Is helps the students so they dont forget to do
something.
4. Stroke Illustration: This visual aid will help the student who is more advanced in
swimming so they are able to visually see the different types of strokes so they can copy
the save movements as shown on the visual aid sheet.

Educational Implications:
Each item for the visual aid portion will help benefit both the students and the teacher in a
variety of different ways. These visual aids will help show the student how to do the different
routines or show how to do the skills taught during the session. The visual aids will also help the
teacher to make it easier during the lesson and so the lesson is not all verbal it implements the
visual aspect of teaching. Most of the visual aids will benefit all types of students even for
specific disability populations as well.

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Adapted Aquatics Handbook

Chapter: ii

Aquatic games/Activities
Instructional Materials:
In this chapter there will be three main games/activities that will be focused on. The side
of the pool activity,treasure hunt, and backyard cleanup will help the students get familiar with
the water but will also help with their swimming skills.

Purposes for use:

1. Side of Pool Activity: This activity will help with students who are uncomfortable with
the water, and maybe for first time students who just need to get familiar with having
their body in the water and getting used to it.
2. Treasure Hunt: This game is a fun diving game in which students will have treasure or
small items scattered around the pool for the students to dive underwater to find.
3. Backyard Cleanup: This game is a good game to work on cooperation and team work to
help achieve the goal in retrieving the most items as a team. Using the different swimming
strokes students ill swim to the middle and grab one item and bring it back to the teams
basket.

Educational Implications:
The one activity and two games will benefit the students be being able to get comfortable with
the water and also be able to work on different swimming skill that will help them grow and
become better swimmers. The activities are not only fun but they help the students build social
skills and team working skills to set goals and achieve them. These not only help the students
but the teacher as well by providing rules and ways to get students involved and comfortable
with peers but also help teach the different swimming skills to the students.

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Chapter: iii

Equipment
Instructional Materials:
1. Kick Board: Help students with different swimming skills including: front stroke, back
stroke, and the different types of leg kicks.
2. Personal Flotation Devices (Life Jacket): A PFD such as a life jacket is used for
students that have a disability or are just not comfortable without one on. Also students
that just are not good swimmers that need help to stay afloat.
3. Goggles: Help students see under water, or to keep the water out of their eyes so they
are able to swim without worrying about wiping their eyes, or not being able to see.
Purposes for use:
1. Kick Board:

Kick boards are good to help students when teaching them leg kicking, as well as
different arm movements for swimming strokes. They also help keep the student
afloat when gliding off the side of the pool or working on swimming on their back.

2. Personal Flotation Devices (Life Jacket):

The use of a floatation device such as a life jacket is mainly used for students who
need help staying afloat, the use of this item will help the student be able to learn
or work on the different types of swimming strokes. Getting familiar with the strokes
so they are able to work on the arm movements and leg kicks.

3. Goggles: Students are able to wear goggles to help keep the water out of their eyes, or if
they work on diving under the water to retrieve and item. Using goggles is a good way to
help he students be able to learn the acquired swimming skill without having to worry
about water in their eyes.
Educational Implications:
The equipment will help benefit both the students as well as the teacher in a variety of
different ways. It will help the student be able to do the different skills in the lesson so they are
not worries about staying afloat or getting water in their eyes. This will also benefit the teacher
as well by making some skills easier to go through if the students are able to stay afloat and
work on certain strokes. The floatation devices will help more of the disability population and the

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population of students who have trouble swimming and staying afloat. Goggles and kickboard
will benefit the students who are better at swimming and are able to take the next step.

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Chapter: iv

Useful Resources
Instructional Materials:
These websites are dedicated to improving the quality of aquatic programs with students with
disabilitites. The 10 different resources listed are all directed toward adapted aquatics and
working in the water. Some of the resources are more directed towards teaching and some are
based on learning about different information pertaining water instruction and teaching adapted
aquatics. All of the resources have helped me learn more about adapted aquatics and will help
me further my education career.

Purposes for use:

All of the 10 resources listen are a good way to find information on different games and activities
as well as just learning more about what adapted aquatics. Also within the websites there is
additional information about ways to get involved with programs as well as help volunteer your
time.

Educational Implications:
I believe that the resources will help both students and teachers in many different ways. The
students will be able to look at the resources and learn so much information pertaining to
adapted aquatics as well as new activities and games for them to play. Myself as a teacher will
benefit the most with these resources by showing me how to further my career and become a
better teacher by learning all about these different types of resources.

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Adapted Aquatics Handbook

Chapter: v

Swimming Assessments
Instructional Materials:
In this chapter there will be two forms of assessments used to assess the students on both
behavioral and skill level. The first being the swimming checklist, this assessment is an easy
form for younger students to focus on how well they behave but also on some types of skills
worked on during the lesson. Next is the Humphries Assessment of Aquatic Readiness or (HAAR).
This form is used for a more in depth assessment on students checking all sorts of skills and
being able to grade the students at the end of the lesson to see how well they performed on
each task given to them.

Purposes for use:

1. Swimming Checklist: This assessment will help with younger students. The questions
are easy to follow and you can either put a smiley face or a sad face for the desired
student to check how well the student was able to perform the swimming checklist
questions.
2. Humphries Assessment of Aquatic Readiness: This assessment is also easy to write
out to assess the performance of a student. There are five phases for the student to check
how well the student was able to perform the curtain task throughout the lesson. At the
end of the lesson the points will be added up on how well the student did.

Educational Implications:
I believe both of these assessments will help the student but mainly the teacher. These
assessments will help the teacher by explaining to the student what they are going to be working
on and graded on during the lesson. It will help the teacher be able to check off how well the
student is performing the tasks as well as being able to work on the things that the student need

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improving on. I believe that both of these assessments will work for both disabled and nondisabled students.