Understanding Reflexes in your Learn to Swim Programme
The pool is a playground for reflexes - understanding their importance and role in child development is a MUST for swim teachers who are working with babies and children in the water.
Course Curriculum
Welcome 😊 What to expect from this course.
Aquatic Reflex Awareness Workbook
Building Blocks of Development
What is a Reflex?
Types of Reflexes
Timeline of a reflex
How Reflexes Improve and Impact Development
What Happens When Reflexes Do Not Integrate
Why are reflexes relevant to the pool?
Reflexes Relevant To a Baby Swim Teacher
The Moro Reflex - Its Connection to Child Development.
Moro and the Breath
Activities to Support the Moro
Moro Video
Asymmetric Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)
Activities to Aid ATNR
ATNR Sequence at Work
Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (TLR)
Activities for TLR
Supporting the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex Pattern
Hand and Feet Reflexes
Activities for Hands and Feet
Successful Reflex Integration
Landau
Activities for Laudau
Landau and TLR Reflex Play
Head Righting
Supporting Head Righting Development
Helping the Head Righting Reflexes in the Pool
Revision Questions ⁉
Next Steps and a BIG Thank You 🙏