Gain confidence teaching paddlesports and outfitting equipment for individuals with physical disabilities.
Adaptive Paddling Workshops (APW)
Adaptive Paddling Workshops (APWs) provide the information necessary to seamlessly integrate individuals with physical disabilities into paddlesports programs. APWs focus on five key topics:
- Language, Etiquette, and Interaction
- The Legal Context
- Cultivating Seamless Integration
- Adaptive Outfitting Concepts & Goals
- Mechanics of Adaptive Outfitting for Paddlesports.
APWs involve hands-on learning in both a classroom and in calm, protected waters.
These workshops are designed to provide instructors, outfitters, recreation program providers, and rehabilitation professionals with the information they need to integrate paddlers with disabilities into paddlesports programs.
Purpose
- Provide ACA instructors an opportunity to earn the Adaptive Paddling Instructor Endorsement
- Provide non-ACA instructors an opportunity to earn the ACA Certificate of Completion in Adaptive Paddling
- Provide a skills course for individuals with physical disabilities
Instructor Endorsement: |
Certificate of Completion: |
For currently certified ACA Paddling Instructors (Endorsement Criteria) |
For non-ACA certified instructors |
Additional credentialing on your current ACA instructor certification |
Nationally recognized documentation of successful completion of the APW |
In order to lead the ACA APW you must be an Adaptive Paddling Instructor Trainer |
Evidence of training to integrate adaptive theory and techniques into your program |
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Certificate of Completion does not allow you to teach as an ACA certified instructor |
Adaptive Paddling Instructor Trainers
Adaptive Paddling Instructor Trainers are certified to lead APW and have authority to issue Adaptive Paddling credentials (Certificate of Completion and Instructor Endorsements). To start an Instructor Trainer candidacy you must first be a currently certified ACA Instructor with the Adaptive Paddling Endorsement for at least 2 years. The Adaptive Paddling Instructor Trainer candidacy is a mentoring process that is completed over multiple APWs in different venues.
Guide to Hosting a 2-day APW