How To Teach Swim Therapy For Autistic Children

Since my first child was diagnosed with autism by doctors at the age of 2 years old, he started to follow the routine therapy almost 2 a week in a clinic therapy autistic children in our city. I am sure you that have autistic children also feel saturated his or her regular therapy to accompany.  But now I don't feel bored because I have more activities outside of therapy that I took my children to swim a minimum of 2 weeks. The swimming events begin routine I do when my child age 4 years, since the time I accidentally read the expression in a magazine that swim very good therapy for autism.

"Swimming Pool"

It was the time he was 2 years old I invite swimming, but at that time my son was afraid to touch the water of the pool. That time I think he's still a child. But when he stepped on my 4 years of age are returned to the pool and the reaction is still same that is afraid to touch the pool water. Is really not easy to teach swimming to him. And I have a surefire way how he got interested to get into the pool. Slowly I walked into the poolside while cradling him hold on my lower body are are to walk and he participated in the water.

Initially it's hard but slowly she began walking on the edge of the pool with a smile. Remember do not sprinkle water over his body when he was just learning to swim because it is going to make him afraid. Take 2 to 3 weeks until my son started to dare to walk in the middle of the water. Let him react themselves, and finally now he can already play in the middle of the water like normal children generally. Though not yet Frisky as his friends. But I am sure in the future he would already be proficient to swim.

Sports swimming pool turned out to be a lot of functionality. And one of them is able to give good brain stimulus. Not just a normal kid who can get pleasure. Like playing and swimming. Autistic children can do it. With the diligence of the parents, the child can thrive, including the may swim in the public pool or water boom. Many good reasons to bring the children to swim as early as possible. It turns out if we introduce an autistic child to swim from an early age that begins 1 to 2 years more and more easy to learn to swim. Swimming is a sport all round excellent. Help develop respiratory control and can be very relaxing. Swimming is an activity that can be enjoyed by family and together is often a good way to reunite the child with the parents.

Generally young children work best if introduced into water by mother or  father. If we ourselves feel anxious to water, try to go with an adult who is more confident. Go to the children's pool is shallow. The target is to make the child enjoys being in the water and move freely backward, forward and sideways, face-down, if possible with a buoy.

See to it that each activity is running short. Autistic children will learn more in a short visit but often rather than a long trip but only sometimes. It needs to be done to develop the self confidence to water on autistic children is, in the first visit, invite your child to walk around without really swim first. Because this will give him the chance an autistic child to see what would happen and familiarize yourself with the atmosphere, noise and place a new one. It will make kids feel had the chance to adapt.

Take your autistic child see the dressing room, lockers and discussed what it will do on my next visit. If time next visit things to do in the water hold the children ride scaled back the child gently into the water. Gradually and slowly, until his feet wet. Introduce children in shallow ponds first so that the child can sit, crawl or just walking back and forth until his shoulder is wet. Later once the pool as deep as one meter or more, to keep the faces of parents and children face the same high. Hold his body in his armpit. Slowly moisten the head and face. Then switch to the bottom of the chest and hip, the position of children still face-down. It will be able to help soothe the child.

If the child has already started to feel calm, try to keep their arms and legs could move in water with the kicking leg and pressing on the right arm. See, whether the child continues to enjoy it. If it can continue with giving him the passion for infusing the air slowly when sinking his face in the water. If necessary and possible, wear tires buoy-circular or bracelet sleeves for security. Sometimes it takes a toy such as a ball or toy boats will help children calm.

Very easy to do, but remember you don't get lazy doing it if you are starting to revolt. Because in this case requires patience and do not let your emotions get carried away when your child is still afraid to enter the water pond. Please try it. ...