The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course teaches you techniques to assist divers of varying abilities and effective approaches to help them overcome physical challenges. Join us on February 13, 14 and 15 to become certified as an Adaptive Support Diver, Adaptive Techniques Diver, or an Adaptive Techniques Specialty Instructor! Check out details and certification requirements for each class below.

Ready to sign up? Call Pura Vida Divers at 561-840-8750 or email info.pvd@puravidadivers.com to start your Adaptive Techniques journey!

Adaptive Techniques

Class Schedule

Wed, Feb 13       4 pm – 7 pm

Thurs, Feb 14     8 am – 5 pm

Fri, Feb 15           8 am – 6 pm (Session not required for Adaptive Support Divers.)

Additional course dates available upon request.

 

FOR DIVERS: Adaptive Support Diver Cert.

Through knowledge development and two diving workshops – one in confined water and one in open water – you’ll learn useful techniques that will increase your ability to become a better dive partner to a diver with a disability. You’ll gain insight and practical experience as you learn about:

  1. Becoming more aware and mindful of individual considerations when diving with people with disabilities.
  2. Adaptive techniques that can be applied while diving with buddies with mental and/or physical challenges.

Pre-reqs:

  • Open Water Diver Diver (or equivalent)
  • Age 15 or older
  • Current EFR Primary & Secondary certification (This course can be arranged in conjunction with the Adaptive Support Diver certification.)

 

FOR DIVEMASTERS: Adaptive Techniques Diver Cert.

The course consists of knowledge development, two confined water skill development workshops and two open water workshops. The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course will help PADI Professionals:

  1. Become more aware and mindful of individual considerations when introducing people with disabilities to diving or freediving.
  2. Explore adaptive techniques that can be applied while supervising and training divers or freedivers with disabilities in PADI courses and programs.
  3. Properly counsel and direct student divers, based on their abilities, toward PADI certification, PADI experience programs or a disabilities-dedicated diving organization for limited certification programs.
  4. Learn additional techniques to motivate and encourage student divers with mental and/or physical challenges.

In addition, a subset of this course, PADI Adaptive Support Diver, will interest divers who want to learn how they can best support dive buddies who have physical or mental challenges.

Pre-reqs:

  • Divemaster (or higher)
  • Current EFR Primary & Secondary certification (This course can be arranged in conjunction with the Adaptive Support Diver certification.)

 

FOR INSTRUCTORS: Adaptive Techniques Diver Cert.

The Adaptive Techniques Specialty course includes techniques and  effective approaches for teaching and supervising divers of varying abilities and physical challenges. The Adaptive Techniques Specialty course builds on PADI’s inclusive foundation by enhancing the training PADI Professionals receive, and preparing them for student-centered and prescriptive approaches when adapting techniques to meet diver needs.The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course will help PADI Professionals:PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty Instructor teaches a disabled diver.

  1. Become more aware and mindful of individual considerations when introducing people with disabilities to diving or freediving.
  2. Explore adaptive techniques that can be applied while supervising and training divers or freedivers with disabilities in PADI courses and programs.
  3. Properly counsel and direct student divers, based on their abilities, toward PADI certification, PADI experience programs or a disabilities-dedicated diving organization for limited certification programs.
  4. Learn additional techniques to motivate and encourage student divers with mental and/or physical challenges.

Completing this program qualifies the PADI Instructor to teach two courses:  PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course to dive leaders & PADI Adaptive Support Diver Specialty course to divers.

Pre-reqs:

  • PADI Instructor
  • Current EFR Primary & Secondary certification

Register for any of these upcoming classes by contacting Pura Vida Divers: 561-840-8750 or info.pvd@puravidadivers.com.