Water Safety Instructor - answer purpose: train instructor candidates to teach Parent
and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn-to-Swim, Adult Swim courses, and water
safety courses and presentations
Parent and Child Aquatics - answer2 levels; teach safe behaviors in, on and around the
water and to develop swimming readiness
Preschool Aquatics (PSA) - answer3 levels; promote the developmentally
appropriate learning of fundamental water safety and aquatic skills by young children
Learn-to-Swim - answer6 levels; teach people of varying ages and abilities how to swim
skillfully and safely. Each level includes training in basic water safety in addition to
aquatic and safety skills taught in a logical progression
LTS levels - answerLevel 1—Introduction to Water Skills
Level 2—Fundamental Aquatic Skills
Level 3—Stroke Development
Level 4—Stroke Improvement
Level 5—Stroke Refinement
Level 6—Swimming and Skill Proficiency: Personal Water Safety, Fundamentals of
Diving, Fitness Swimmer
Adult swim - answerintended for teens and adults with differing levels
of swimming ability
Adult swim courses - answerAdult Swim—Learning the Basics
Adult Swim—Improving Skills and Swimming Strokes
Adult Swim—Swimming for Fitness
Longfellow's WHALE Tales - answerThis dryland water safety program is intended for
children ages 5 through 12
Water Safety Presentations - answerhelp people learn to be safe in, on and around the
water. Certificates are not issued for these presentations
Presentation topics - answerGeneral Water Safety
Home Pool Safety
Parent Orientation to Swim Lessons
Sun Safety
Rip Current Safety
, Water Safety Courses - answercourses taught by a WSI to teach participants about
water safety
Courses avalible - answerWater Safety Today
Basic Water Rescue
Personal Water Safety
Safety Training for Swim Coaches
Red Cross Swim Mobile App - answerSupports and promotes the Red Cross Swimming
and Water Safety program.
Allows parents to track and share the progress of their children through the Preschool
Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim levels.
Provides adults with information about water safety in general, as well as water safety in
specific environments.
Helps children learn about water safety through video segments from Longfellow's
WHALE Tales, age-appropriate water safety messaging, and quizzes for the parent and
child to complete together.
Parent Child Aquatics audience - answerinfants and toddlers from 6 months to
approximately 3 years of age
PSA audience - answerchildren approximately 4 to 5 years of age
LTS audience - answerchildren from approximately 6 years of age through older youth
Adult Swim audience - answeryouth approximately 15 years old through adults
WSI resources - answerWater Safety Instructor Manual, Swimming and Water Safety
manual, Instructor's Corner (instructorscorner.org), Longfellow's WHALE Tales
Class Safety - answermake safety your top priority, be prepared in case of an
emergency, provide supervision, be flexible, use equipment properly, eliminate hazards,
lower the risk of RWIs, know your participants, know the health code requirements
records and reports - answerCopies of instructor certifications.
Lesson plans.
Course records or class rosters.
Participant attendance records.
Participant checklists.
motor skills - answermotions carried out when the nervous system (that is, the brain,
spinal cord and nerves) and the muscles work together. Learning motor skills, such as
those used in swimming, requires the development of limb coordination, strength,
posture control, balance and perceptual skills
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