Swimming and aquatic therapy can support more than aquatic skills alone. For many children, water provides a motivating environment where physical, sensory, social and communication skills can be practised.
Five benefit areas
- Motor: strength, balance, coordination and endurance.
- Sensory: calming pressure, predictable routines and graded exposure.
- Social: turn-taking, sharing, eye contact and cooperative play.
- Communication: following instructions, requesting, visual supports and oral-motor practice.
- Safety: safer entry and exit, breath control, floating and propulsion to exit.