Adaptive Paddling Workshops

Duration: 4-days for instructors & outfitters, 2-days for students with disabilities

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 their programs.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, a person may not be excluded from a program just because they have a disability. Instructors need to be prepared to integrate persons with disabilities into their programs.

The workshop includes how to compensate for a paddlers loss of function due to disability, how to adapt equipment and instruction and how to focus on the paddlers ability. This course includes a classroom and hands on learning, a pool session and open water paddling.

For people with a diability who are interested in paddling this is a great opportunity to receive a two day introduction to kayaking with all the adaptations they need and high quality instruction. Contact the program coordinator for more information.

ACA certified instructors receive the Adaptive Paddling Endorsement upon completion of this 4 day workshop.

May 13-16, 2010 New Haven, CT hosted by New Haven Parks Recreation and Trees
Contact: Martin Torresquintero (mtorresq@newhavenct.net, 203-946-6768).

June 3-6, 2010 Durham, NH hosted by Northeast Passage
Contact: Crystal Skahan (crystal.skahan@unh.edu, 603-862-0070).

June 24-27, 2010 Akron, OH hosted by University of Akron
Contact: John MacDonald (jam3@uakron.edu, 330-972-8028).

Summer 2010 (date to be announced) Fredericksburg, VA
Contact: Jeremy Oyen (joyen@americancanoe.org, 540-907-4460).

Sept 9-12, 2010 Marquette, MI hosted by Baycliff Health Camp
Contact: Karen Schlicher (BayCliffHC@aol.com,906-345-9314).