Adjusting to Community Pools
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Too hot. Too cold. Too shallow. Too deep. Too bad. Goldilocks would have
suffered beyond measure.
Therapists who outsource their aquatic therapy to a community pool know
exactly what I mean. Swimming pools were made for swimming. Recreational
pools, for recreation. Such community pools neither look nor function
like therapy pools. But therapy pools they must become. Why? Because
they are all you've got.
But you don't have to suffer without remedy. Straight from the therapy
trenches, we have gathered ideas for fixing what ails these
not-so-perfect pools.
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Aquatic Orphanage
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 Hungarian therapists turn to water to heal abandoned children
Children need touch. Nowhere is this more evident than in an orphanage. This article describes the work done by four aquatic therapists in Komarom, Hungary as they volunteer their time to provide the warm, loving contact these little ones so desperately need. Basia Szpak-Borst runs The Watsu® Orphan Project and has just had this article translated to English. It is a touching story and we are glad she sent it to us so we could share it with you.
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Rett Syndrome Study
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The range of problems experienced by a girl with Rett Syndrome is unique; her ability to control her body is minimal. Spending time in a pool situates her in a normative, "normal" place, which almost every [other] child gets to experience in his or her lifetime. See what the therapists at Beit Issie Shapiro School in Ranana, Israel did to show their "girls" how to enjoy aquatic therapy... and benefit from it as well.
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North Carolina Peds Course A Success
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 The verdict's in on our Aquatic Therapy for the Child course
Judging by the comments from our attendees, last week's aquatic peds course in Durham, NC was a smash hit. Therapists from all walks-- occupational to recreational and massage to physical--gathered at Duke University to feed a shared hunger: how to better the lives of special-needs children. For 14 years, we at Aquatic Resources Network has been honing our curriculum to give our registrants the most practical hands-on education around. But enough of our pontifications. Listen to what our NC seminarians had to say:
"...I love that I'm coming away with tons of new ideas that I can use now. Thank you for all your work!!!!"
MSPT, Edneyville, NC
"I have been ATRIC certified for years, this was by far the best A.T. course I have ever taken."
PTA, Livingston, NJ
"Loved the times--starting late Thursday and ending early Saturday. It saves us two nights extra!"
ATRIC, Raliegh, NC
"Awesome!"
CAPE, Charlotte, NC
(if you are involved in early intervention and yearn to learn more, it's not too late to dive in. Sign up now for our next peds seminar, being held in Minneapolis, May 21-23, 2009)
Get more information here...
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