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Advice on teaching people with disabilities

  • 06-03-2011 2:48pm
    #1
    Dmammy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    Just looking for some advice on teaching. At the mometn I am teaching a lady who has had many health problems including cancer which resulted in the removal of a few ribs on her right side. This had affected her posture and curved her back. She alos had a brain hemorrage which affected the right side of her body, seh has full use of all limbs but no awareness as to what the right side is doing. The brain hemorrage aslo affected her memory so learning new things is a difficult and long process. She does not want to be a great swimmer but would like to be comfortable enough to swim around doing some sort of a stroke. She is not comfortable putting her face in and this is where I've come up against a wall. I've tried teaching her the frontcrawl and her leg kick is fairly strong but her arm movements are quiet weak and keeping her head out means this is not working out too well. I've recently tried moving on to the breaststroke to make it easier for her to keep her head out but the complexity of the movements are very hard for her to remember. Any advice on this would be hugely appreciated as I am currently at a loss as to what to do.


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  • #2
    AngryHippie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭AngryHippie


    that sounds like a tricky one, I'd concentrate on water skills and mobility, getting balanced, and being able to move about would be the priority here, at least she is realistic about not trying to develop a conventional stroke, so work on sculling and physical condition, while keeping the head submersion as a side goal. once she gets comfortable with her face in the water, other doors will open and you will be able to try more challenging things, but without a streamlined body position, any forward movement is going to be very tiring physically, so don't over emphasise that, stick to mobility, sculling actions, basic propulsion sweeps and physical fitness, then get that submersion confidence and reassess where you're at.


  • #3
    Dmammy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Dmammy


    Thank you for the advice, it should really help.:)


  • #4
    Dmammy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Dmammy


    Just wanted to let oyu know that I have abandoned the ides of swimming wiith her altogether. In our health club we have an aqua jogging ring so Isuggested to her that we concentrate on this and it's a winner. Brought her in there today and she got the hang of it fairly quickly. Think she is just happy to be able to get into the water and feel comfortable so this is ideal. Thank you again for your advice.:)


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