Registration is now open for the session that will begin on 4/23 for Thursday evening classes and Saturday 4/27 for Saturday classes.
There are a total of 20 spots available – Saturdays at 12:15pm and 1pm, 8 swimmers each session. The Saturday sessions begin on April 27th and end on June 22nd (no classes on Saturday May 25th). The Thursday 6:05pm class will begin on April 25th and end on June 20th (no class on Thursday May 23rd). This session will run for 8 classes on both Thursdays and Saturdays.
Please register for your choice of sessions.
We are so excited to be working with The Hospital for Special Care Aquatic and Rehabilitation Center to offer adapted swim lessons for children aged 5-21 who have intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities. The state of the art fully accessible aquatics center is the perfect place for Miracle League families to ensure that their children are safe in and around the water. Studies suggest that children on the autism spectrum, along with other children who have disabilities, are up to 160 times more likely to drown than other children. Water safety and awareness are among the most important life skills that you can provide to your child.
Our Adapted Swim Classes will offer small group sessions (1 instructor for 4 students) in the accessible heated pools at the HSC Aquatics center. Each class will have a maximum of 4 prospective swimmers and 1 instructor per session. This will allow the instructors to tailor their strategies to each child’s needs and abilities and to spend one on one time with each participant. Each swimmer must be accompanied in the water by a parent, guardian or designated adult helper, who is comfortable in the water, to ensure maximum safety and so that the helpers can learn the strategies along with the students. All classes will be taught by American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors. Individual attention will be paid to each swimmer and appropriate skills taught will be dependent on each swimmer’s progress.
The Register Now button will be live when spots are available.
No prior swimming experience is required to enroll. The Hospital for Special Care ARC’s infection control guidelines require all swimmers to possess bladder and bowel control or be consistent with their bowel and bladder program. Swim diapers are not permitted in the pool.
The goal of the Miracle League of CT is to remove all barriers that prevent children with special needs from participating in recreational, educational and cultural activities. If one of those barriers is a financial one, please email us at miracleleaguect@comcast.net to request a fee waiver for any of our programs. We will do our best to accommodate your request which will be kept strictly confidential.
Please note that at the end of the registration process, a window will come up with an invitation to join Active Advantage – PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK NO THANKS if you do not want it, or you will be charged for it.
