Description
About the Course
The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course provides PADI Professionals with practical techniques and approaches proven to be effective when teaching and assisting divers with physical or mental challenges.
The goals of the PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course are to:
• Help PADI Professionals become more aware and mindful of individual considerations
when introducing people with disabilities to diving.
• Provide PADI Professionals with adaptive techniques that can be applied while
supervising and training divers with disabilities in PADI courses and programs.
• Help PADI Professionals properly counsel and direct student divers, based on their
abilities, toward PADI certification, PADI experience programs, or toward a disabilities
dedicated diving organization for limited certification programs. There is a list of these
organizations on the PADI Pros’ Site.
• Help PADI Professionals learn additional techniques to motivate and encourage student
divers with mental and or physical challenges
Course Duration
3 day course
PADI eLearning: 2-4 hours (completed at home)
Day 1 – Knowledge Development Classroom Session.
Day 2 – Knowledge Development Classroom Session and Confined Water Workshop at Whitstable Swimming Pool.
Day 3 – Open Water Workshop at Leybourne Lakes Maidstone.
