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Water Safety InstructorAs an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which of the following American
Red Cross courses are you authorized to teach? - answer Learn-to-Swim courses,
Parent and Child Aquatics courses and Safety Training for Swim Coaches
To assist an instructor in a Learn-to-Swim course, an instructor aide must hold a
certificate or possess knowledge and skills for: - answer The level they are teaching
Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety
courses is in the: - answer American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's Manual with
CD-ROM.
The minimum age for a child to participate in Parent and Child Aquatics is: - answer6
months.
Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by the: - answer
Water Safety instructor.
When you observe that a learner's movements are accurate and rapid and he or she
seems able to detect and correct errors on his or her own, that learner: - answeris an
advanced stage learner
Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching aides are factors that
influence: - answerlesson plan
Which of the following adjustments to your course should you consider to enhance
learning of individual with disabilities? - answerDecreasing the instructor-to-participant
ratio; adapt equipment
An important step for both the participant's success and your own improvement as an
instructor is to: - answerEvaluate how effective your lesson plan was at the end of each
lesson.
The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used: - answerTo
provide an additional demonstration that can be viewed as needed.
One value of a block plan is that it can be used: - answerTo divide course content into
individual class sessions.
A good lesson plan should: - answerIndicate what equipment is needed, skills to be
taught and appropriate activities to be used.
, In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim, water
safety information and techniques should be: - answerAn integral part of all courses.
Which of the following helps communicate to parents what their children are learning in
swim lessons? - answerOnline app
The water safety topics that are listed in the Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool
Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim skills outlines: - answerCan be augmented with additional
safety topics that meet local needs or address current events.
Why does the Red Cross stress that water safety information be shared with parents as
well as participants in Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim? - answerParents who
are educated about water safety can more safely supervise children around aquatic
environments
During a Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 class, a parent tells you that her son is
constantly coughing after he puts his face in the water. You should advise the parent
that her son: - answershouldnt submerge more that 3 times per lesson
Instructors should teach any headfirst entries from the deck only if the water depth at
the location of practice is at least: - answer9-feet deep.
The major difference between a shallow-angle dive and a standing dive is the: -
answerAngle of entry to the water and the resulting underwater swimming path.
When considering modifications to a skill or stroke for individuals with disabilities, you
should: - answerWork with the participants and allow them to try several alternatives.
What is the most effective way to improve the efficiency of swimming strokes? -
answerApply hydrodynamic principles to stroke performance
Which of the following can make most swimmers float on the back more easily? -
answerTilting the head backward to look upward, arms above your head, and inhaling
Which of the following techniques can reduce form drag? - answerMaintaining a
streamlined body position
The ______________ is the part of the power phase of a swimming stroke in which the
hands move into position to begin to apply effective force. - answerCatch
Which of the following is an objective of Longfellow's WHALE Tales? - answerTo help
children learn safe behavior in, on and around the water
Upon completion of the Water Safety Instructor course, Water Safety instructors must
take the following steps before they are authorized to teach Safety Training for Swim
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