Dive Leader Training

Learn how to teach / train / dive with people who have physical disabilities but are medically able to dive.

As dive leaders we are always faced with challenges in the water. People with a disabilities are always facing challenges in their every day lives. It is human nature to be afraid of the unknown, learn about the unknown.  Remember we all have disabilities – some are more apparent than others.

Adaptive SCUBA Instructor / Dive Control Specialist / Assistant Instructor / Dive Master Training Course

Course Objectives:

• To provide certified Open Water Instructors from All Agencies with the specialized knowledge and skills required to teach SCUBA diving to students with physical and sensory disabilities.
• To provide certified Dive Control Specialists / Dive Masters / Assistant Instructors with the special knowledge and skills required to assist Instructors, lead diving activities, and act as a buddy to students and divers with disabilities.
• At the end of this course the Instructor will be able to competently teach and certify individuals with physical disabilities at the Open Water Diver Level. Dive Control Specialists / Assistant Instructors / Dive Masters will be able to act as an Adaptive Buddy, assist Instructors, and lead diving activities for divers with disabilities.

• Simulated access to beach and boat
• Transfers, grips, and carries

Aquatic Abilities

• Modified entries and exits
• Surface swimming adaptations
• Use of mask / snorkel / fins / webbed gloves
• Buoyancy control
• Weight distribution and hydrostatic positioning
• Paralyzed limbs and prostheses
• Assisted dives, descents and ascents
• Regulator clearing and retrieval
• Mask clearing / removal and replacement
• Air sharing
• Emergency ascents
• Equipment removal replacement surface and under water
• Modified communication skills – blind and deaf

Each Instructor / Dive Control Specialist /Assistant Instructor / Dive Master candidate will assume the role of a paraplegic, quadriplegic, or visually impaired student diver.

Each Instructor / Dive Control Specialist /Assistant Instructor / Dive Master candidate will assist the paraplegic, quadriplegic, or visually impaired student diver.

• Ascents and descents
• Ear clearing
• Mask clearing
• Air sharing ascents
• Emergency ascents
• Tired diver on the surface and below the surface
• Entries and exits

Class size is limited – call 505-271-0633 or e-mail us at nmscuba@qwest.net

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