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A child-centered approach to Survival Swim taught in months, not years!
💦 15 minute lessons
💦2 to 4 times a week
💦 25 consecutive lessons
💦 1 on 1 lessons
Our Programs
Infant Survival
Average Program Price - $750 ($30/lesson)
Independent Sitters (usually 6 months) to 18 months old babies will learn to go from a submerged position and roll onto their back to rest and breath for 2 minutes. TIHS PROGRAM IS 4 DAYS A WEEK.
Swim-Float-Survive
Average Program Price - $750 ($30/ lesson)
Swim float swim sequence is for Toddler and Children 18 months and up. Children Will learn to go from a submerged position, Roll to their back and float to rest and breathe, and then flip over and swim. They will learn to continue this rotation until they get to a safe place. These lessons are available two-four days a week.
Stroke Development
Average Program Price - $750 - $1,250 ($30-$50/ lesson)
This is for children and adults to strengthen and building upon the skill of Swim-Float-Survive while adding the basics of stroke Techniques: elementry, backstroke, freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.
children must be previously skilled in Swim-float-Swim
Traveling Lessons
Average Program Price - $1,320
Our same great. survival swim program brought to your home! This option includes a traveling fee.
💦 A traveling fee applies to a single child. However, if there are other children at the same location, the traveling fee will be waived, and regular program tuition will be charged.
Once a Week Maintenance and Drop-In Lessons
$30-$50 per lesson
Designed for children who are proficient in skill looking to keep their hard-earned skill fresh in their bodies.
💦 These 15 or 30 minute lessons can be purchased in a package.
The Younger, The Safer
The Motor Access Swim Method™
A motor-accessible approach to survival swim instruction for neurodivergent children.
Understanding and execution are not always occurring at the same pace.
At Little Dippers Survival Swim, we believe water safety should be accessible to every child.
Over time, we began noticing something important in the water:
Some children understand exactly what to do… but their bodies cannot always consistently access those movements on demand.
For many neurodivergent children, especially children with motor-planning differences, apraxia, sensory differences, or nervous-system regulation challenges, traditional swim instruction may not fully meet their needs.
The Motor Access Swim Method™ is a developing approach to swim instruction that combines survival-swim foundations with:
- regulation-first teaching
- individualized pacing
- motor-planning awareness
- predictable movement patterns
- repetition and motor memory development
- respectful, relationship-centered instruction
Rather than focusing on immediate performance, we focus on helping children build safe and reliable access to movement in the water.
As both a swim instructor and parent of a non-speaking autistic child with motor-planning challenges, Heidi understands firsthand that inconsistent performance does not equal lack of understanding.
Some children do not need less support to learn.
They need the right support.
Sweet Christian, non-speaking autistic 7 year old, and his “flippy” that helps regulate his body.
#SwimForOllie Memorial Swim Scholarship
Meet Ollie
Ollie, 3, was a bright, happy and busy child with a deep love of Sesame Street, The Wiggles, bananas, pizza, cookies, cuties, french fries, banana bread and apple juice. He loved to sing his ABCs, count to 19, point out letters and colors, sing, dance, flap and show off his happy feet. He was an entertainer on any elevated surface but did not perform for the camera. He enjoyed eating on top of the table, playing in muddy puddles, being outside, listening to music, playing games on his tablet, taking hats off of Momma's and Daddy's heads, playing "Where's Ollie?" and "Patty Cake," cuddling with his soft blue blanket and resting in the arms of Momma and Daddy. He began and ended each day with a banana and apple juice and slept comfortably
between his Mom and Dad every night. His favorite phrases were "Are you ready?," "Well, cookie time!" "Well, pizza!, "and "Feed with purpose." His first word was "happy”
Ollie drowned in a creek across the street from his house after bolting from his house and finding water. 50% of autistic children wonder, and nearly all of them will go straight to water. Little dipper survival swim, Created a scholarship in Ollie‘s name to provide scholarships to autistic children specifically for this reason.
Please consider donating to this beautiful cause