PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty

Overview

The goals of the PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course are to:

1. 1. Help PADI Professionals become more aware and mindful of individual considerations when introducing people with disabilities to diving.
2. 2. Provide PADI Professionals with adaptive techniques that can be applied while supervising and training divers with disabilities in PADI courses and programs.
3. Injury First Aid - Dislocations, fractures, cuts, scrapes, bruises, dental injuries, strains, sprains, eye injuries, and electrical injuries.
4. 3. Help PADI Professionals properly counsel and direct student divers, based on their abilities, toward PADI certification, PADI experience programs, or toward a disabilities dedicated diving organization for limited certification programs. There is a list of these organizations on the PADI Pros’ Site.
5. 4. Help PADI Professionals learn additional techniques to motivate and encourage student divers with mental and or physical challenges.

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