TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Effectiveness of an intensive drowning prevention program and skills retention by children with and without disabilities
JO  - International journal of aquatic research and education
A1  - Forde, A.L.
A1  - Zeman, E.A.
A1  - Clarke, L.
SP  - e5
EP  - e5
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1932-9997
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.25035/IJARE.12.02.05
ID  - ref1
ER  -