%0 Journal Article
%T Effectiveness of an intensive drowning prevention program and skills retention by children with and without disabilities
%J International journal of aquatic research and education
%D 2020
%A Forde, A.L.
%A Zeman, E.A.
%A Clarke, L.
%V 12
%N 2
%P e5-e5
%X This study examined the effectiveness of a drowning prevention program and the retention of swimming and water safety skills for 3-14 year-old children with and without disabilities. The intensive program, SWIM Central, used a top-down approach to teach 6 swimming and water safety skills during 10, 30-minute sessions. A post-participation parent survey results suggested that children ages 3-14 with and without disabilities who had previously participated in SWIM Central retained swimming and water safety skills to a similar degree. The current swim skill assessments showed that there was not an overall difference in swim skill performance in the presence of a disability; therefore, the SWIM Central program was effective in increasing overall swimming performance for children with and without disabilities. © 2020 Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Bowling Green State University
%@ 1932-9997
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/IJARE.12.02.05