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Learning to swim

Lou31

Does anybody out there have any good advice/tips on how to encourage a reluctant 6 year old with ASD/dyspraxia/sensory processing disorder to swim?  We are going on a summer holiday with easy access to pool so I thought this would be better than the local pool which is very hot/noisy.  I have no interest in forcing the matter but in an ideal world (?!?) would like him to learn for safety sake if nothing else. 

This is probably a stupid thing to say, but I don't want him to feel too self conscious when he sees that the other kids at the pool are able to do it when he can't.  I don't want his confidence knocked any more than it is already. 

Now I'm asking if it's even worth it???  Perhaps I should just let him splash about in the little pool if he wants to.  Any thoughts?

Thank you!

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  • If I were you I would try to get him some lessons before you go, but shop around. My son was like this and aged 4 he had an absolute meltdown at the side of a pool in Turkey, when we tried to get him into the lessons we had booked from him. In fact it was then that a winess mentioned ASD to us. When we got home I managed to find someone who specialised in one to one lessons in a warm hydro pool - yes it was more expensive than the local sports centre, but she managed to help him overcome his fear of the water. Now he loves swimming and is getting pretty competent. He always has to wear goggles, though as he hates the water getting in his eyes. Hope this helps.

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  • If I were you I would try to get him some lessons before you go, but shop around. My son was like this and aged 4 he had an absolute meltdown at the side of a pool in Turkey, when we tried to get him into the lessons we had booked from him. In fact it was then that a winess mentioned ASD to us. When we got home I managed to find someone who specialised in one to one lessons in a warm hydro pool - yes it was more expensive than the local sports centre, but she managed to help him overcome his fear of the water. Now he loves swimming and is getting pretty competent. He always has to wear goggles, though as he hates the water getting in his eyes. Hope this helps.

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