Special Needs Program
The aquatic environment is excellent for "special needs" because water exercise has these benefits:
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He is able to forget about his limitations while learning new behaviors, skills and learning strategies. The goals of the program are to increase the child's self-esteem, strength, coordination and swim skills.
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Improves flexibility, coordination and range of motion
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In David Hoyos Swim School we are dedicated to work with their children to help them learn the skills they’ll need throughout their life to stay safe near water and embrace the wonders swimming has to offer.
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In our program, children learn to swim in a safe and positive environment. Making safety a priority, our instructors teach young swimmers how to swim back to the wall after an accidental fall in the water, how to pull themselves out of the water and how to master breathing, paddling and kicking in order to swim to safety. These lifesaving skills are very important to learn at a young age because drowning is the second leading cause of death in children ages 1-14 and most of these drownings occur in a pool.
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Increases the child's self-esteem because he is able to forget about his limitations while learning new behaviors, skills and learning strategies in an environment that promotes success mixed with fun and playful activities.
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Instructors are trained to work with each child individually in order to key in on their interests, challenges and fears, help autistic children process information and understand what they are asked to do.
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Longer exercise time because the body is working with buoyancy, not gravity as on land.
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Strengthens and tones the muscles without hurting vulnerable joints
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Through participation in the program, the "special child" learns to feel more positive about himself/ herself in an environment that promotes success mixed with fun and play.
Step-by-Step Method
Our progressive step-by-step method makes learning easy and fun, and fear tactics or force are never a part of our curriculum. Private lessons ensure that children progress at their own pace, and move on only after they’re ready for a bigger challenge. The ability to personalize lessons gives our instructors the chance to help your child develop skills, as well as conquer fear or self-doubt.
Convenient Scheduling – We Come to You!
Remember, because our instructors will come to you, and work around your schedule, our lessons are convenient, and offer busy families the flexibility they need to make the most of swim time.
Ours swim instructors come to you highly trained and experienced, with a background that includes a minimum of two years teaching experience. In addition, they are Red Cross Lifeguard and/or Water Safety Instructor certified, CPR/First Aid trained and have a passion for working with children. With David Hoyos Swim School, you know your child is in the hands of a dedicated teacher and instructor. In addition, all of our instructors are background checked.
Swimming for the elderly
This is an excellent decision, this exercise help you develop cardiovascular and respiratory systems, increase muscular strength and endurance, as well as a mark increase in joint flexibility, by toning the body. The regime relaxes and helps you lose weight. Please consult your doctor and undergo an examination to the swimming level best suited to begin.
Moving the body in the water promotes physical activity in obese people with pathologies like their spinal column and those, who, out of the water have difficulty with sports. Especially those who need cardiac rehabilitation or motor repetitions. The sedentary life style needs to be eliminated as this develops great energy expenditure, an activity that brings pleasure and an opportunity to excel and to achieve self-confidence. Hydrotherapy exercises affects and improves symptoms of bone diseases, joint, muscle, and motor movement, so that it provides a great sense of well-being. Thus, one avoids sudden movements of the spine and the cervical and lumbar strain.
There needs to be no apnea or dyspnea. The alteration of the respiratory rhythm in older students is harmful: the student will take care to breathe normally and always do it through the mouth.
PROGRAMS FOR TODDLERS & INFANTS
Kids ages 6 months to 3 years
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Little Seal Lion Level adaptation:
Adaptation with the aquatic environment and the instructor.
Turtle Level 1
At the level of Little Baby Turtles, you must be very careful and work very slowly to allow time for the baby to acclimate to the temperature of water, your pool and your instructor, the work must be shared with his father and/ or mother to achieve the highest level of trust with the instructor and the aquatic environment. Kicking motion and breast stroke exercises are performed outside of the pool through repetitions to develop the motor skills. 5 minutes of stimulation massages on the arms, legs, and the rest of the body with creams or with sunscreen to relax and improve circulation.
Baby Sea Star Level 2
In this level, we help babies feel more confident in the water, at level # 2 the baby should be adapted with the environment and with everything related to the pool. The approach at this level is to start doing all exercises especially the kick and buoyancy dive through the use of playtime and toys.
Baby Seahorse Level 3
At this level the baby must be prepared to perform the same exercises of the Little Baby Star but at an intermediate level where you are given the opportunity for the baby to explore their skills with the aquatic environment, in this level students are taught to hold the edges of the pool to get in and out of the water by themselves.
Baby Octopus Level 4
This name is very successful in teaching babies, babies become a real octopus, wanting to grab everything and with no fear in the water. This is a worrying stage because they think they already know how to swim and that's when accidents happen, in this level it is crucial teach them kicking exercises in different positions. face up and face down with the floater. Exercises such as buoyancy face up and face down star fetal position etc. Jumping exercise alone Arrow swimming exercise by themselves in 5-6 feet in length with help of hands to breath (puppy swimming), kick in back exercise alone (you can help to sway with hands).
Baby Dolphins Level 5
This name is very fitting in this level, the baby should have covered the stage of aquatic skills and become a real "dolphin." This stage teaches continuous breathing exercises 15-20 repetitions (bubbles) kicking drills in different positions by themselves, exercises dipping and diving without any breathing problem, path 10-15 feet in length by themselves in arrow swimming position face up face down. Start inlet and outlet water (diving) and back.
Baby Shark Level 6
At this level the student is ready to move into levels of older children 3 years and up, to start developing freestyle and backstroke techniques. Upon completion of this level the baby is ready to start the level number two Seahorse, our advanced program for children ages 3 and older starting with more advanced techniques such as freestyle and backstroke.
PROGRAMS FOR KIDS 3 & UP
Kids ages 3 and up
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Little Seal Lion Level adaptation:
Adaptation with the aquatic environment and the instructor.
Turtle Level 1
Beginners gain confidence and skills in the water and become familiar with the swimming instructor.
Little Sea Star Level 2
This plan promotes acquisition of aquatic skills. Includes preparation to acquire the skills of breathing, blowing bubbles, opening eyes underwater, diving, jumping, buoyancy, buoyancy in different positions, and alternating kicking motions such as sectional and dorsal. The student is taught to swim 3-4 meters alone.
Seahorse Level 3
Acquisition of skills and exercises in different positions, kicking and basic freestyle stroke, kick and basic back style stroke.
Octopus Level 4
Enhancement of free and back strokes with a focus on positioning. At this stage we also begin teaching the basic technique of butterfly style swimming.
Dolphins Level 5
Continue with the freestyle, backstroke and perfecting the art of butterfly. Olympic swim laps, in addition to the initiation of chest technique.
Shark Level 6
Refining techniques freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, outputs and victory laps.
Pre-Team
Includes the acquiring skills to qualify for of resistance for membership to the swim team. This level also includes teaching rescue techniques, including CPR.
Team
Preparing for competitions involving internal, external and intercollegiate swimming. At this level the student is ready to learn everything you need in the water world, including: synchronized swimming, water polo, apnea, ornamental jumping, diving etc.
