Swimming Coach For Children with ASD
Some kids with Autism may be difficult to be taught in a normal swimming lesson by instructors who had no experiences in handling them. Some kids may be screaming and "mis-behaving" and these kids may find it hard to learn swimming and soon dislike swimming or worst having phobia for swimming. It is good if the child with autism could join a normal class mixing with other children but if it prove difficult then it will be wise to find an instructor who knows how to deal with such cases.
It is a challenging task to find swimming instructors and validate if they do have experience training and coaching children with ASD. Most of the information listed here are not verified and most comes from parents like you over the years. Some instructors may not be teaching anymore and many more new instructors are also available at the same time. The list is not updated and hopefully via this article, we can have some good feedback and very good recommendation. So please be active to provide input.
If you are leaving near Hougang, SengKang, Bishan, or Punggol and wish to find an swimming instructor who had experiences in teaching children with Autism, you can find some of the information here. Some of the instructors are willing to move around and do 1:1 training based on requests. It is not clear that all instructors listed here are experience to handle children with autism but I will highlight those instructors who have and will list them first in higher priority. Please always check with the instructor by calling them (their mobile number are given) and ask for price, location, experience of handling children with ASD and other questions. Rates for group teaching range around $50-$60 per 4 lesson.
| Name | Mobile | Preferred Location | Comments |
| Jennifer Stewart | 97474750 | Bishan Swimming Pool | She deals mostly with special needs kids and amazing with kids, especially special kids. See her website: http://www.sportslifestyle.com.sg – and checkout the Autistic and special needs swimming program. |
| Lim Daw Yong |
98185641 |
Pasir Ris |
He was a volunteer for many years with AWWA, a special |
| Danny | 96757531 | Tampines swimming pool | He is good and patient and has knowledge on autism. Danny is a very experience swimming coach who is very good in handling kids with ASD. |
| Mr.Lee | 9732-9030 | Tampines swimming pool | Has experience in handling kids with ASD. |
| Ben | 96261008 | Hougang swimming pool | Currently teaching ASD kids, mostly on 1:1 basis. He teaches at Hougang pool but is willing to travel. |
| Roland Poh | 98584233 | Coasta Sands East |
He teaches special kids including our ASD kids. |
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Mr Oh |
97314359 |
He is very patient and works with special kids. |
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Anthony Yeo |
9105 9499 |
He works with special kids. |
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Chris Hill |
81266486 |
Chris Hill took up a course teaching |
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nick |
90063191 |
GREAT with ASD kids. In fact, he works with Genesis. |
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Mei |
98306703 |
She has a master in Special Ed and had taught in Pathlight. |
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Mike Ee |
91893966 |
Bedok ? |
Has experience with special kids. |
| vicson | 91808891 | Has experience in handling kids with ASD. | |
| Victor | 981883021 | Hougang | |
| Joyce | 90055485 | Hougang | |
| Joel Soh | 90219315 | Hougang | |
| Kes Low | 96773858 | Hougang | |
| Xavier Song | 82182101 | SengKang | Email: kklsong@gmail.com Website: http://xavier-swimmingcoach.blogspot.com/ |
| Fred Kang | 9180 4034 | SengKang Islandwide |
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| Elan | 90921825 | SengKang | Email: sin582001@yahoo.com |
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Samantha |
90286002 |
Pasir Ris |
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Shirleen |
96364339 |
Pasir Ris |
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Dove |
97314359 |
Pasir Ris |
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Lee |
98502771 |
Pasir Ris |
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| Tommy | 9657101 |
Pasir Ris |
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Zhi Ling |
9339 2281 / 3150 6280 |
Bishan | |
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Ben |
96261008 |
Bishan | |
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Robert |
91009333 |
Sembawang |
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Edward Foo |
9754 7756 |
Edward is patient, understanding and kind |
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Albert Neo |
94599325 |
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Mr.Soon |
91518849 |
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| Happy Swim Fish | Happy Swim Fish http://www.swimminglessons.com.sg/ toddlerswimminglessons.htm |
Good instructors who are able to conduct lessons for children with autism are difficult to find. It is usually through words of mouth and if you happen to have know anyone who are teaching in your area, please write your comments down. If you are a swimming instructor who happen to have some experiences and patience to teach children with ASD/ADHD/Autism or willing to try, please don’t be shy to write down your contact details and charges if possible. It will benefit the Singapore community a lot.
