FAQS

Children who have physical, cognitive, and sensory needs may require extra time, attention and/or conversations surrounding their specific needs. At Big Blue, we encourage parents to speak with their local team to understand how we can best serve all swimmers. Additionally, select locations offer lessons with an instructor certified and trained in the Swim Whisperers® method. To contact your local team to learn more, visit our locations page.

For any child, learning to swim is an ongoing process and making progress can vary from child to child depending on a number of factors including age, needs, frequency of lessons and more. Our team will be able to better assess quickness of progress once lessons begin, and continue to update each family throughout lessons.

Our instructors certified in the Swim Whisperers® method are trained specifically on how various sensory needs and outputs can be adapted into the Big Blue curriculum.

We offer both private and group lessons and which you enroll in is based on your child’s needs. Please reach out to your local to talk with the team and learn what would be the best fit for your child.

These lessons are held weekly for optimal growth and learning, but we recommend that you reach out to your local school if there are concerns regarding frequency.

The lesson price varies both by pool, please reach out to your local school to learn more about cost.

While we don’t offer any lessons to children younger than 3 months, it’s best to reach out to your local school to understand the best age for your swimmer to begin adaptive swim lessons.

All Big Blue instructors are dedicated, caring and highly-trained. Additionally, select instructors are certified and trained in the Swim Whisperers® method, which was created by Swim Angelfish®. To learn more, please reach out to your local team by visiting our locations page.

We would recommend consulting with your pediatrician regarding medical or behavioral conditions that may restrict a child’s participation in Adaptive Swim lessons. If you have specific concerns or questions on what our team is able to offer, please reach out to your local school.

Every sensory processing disorder is different, therefore there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to adapting. We work with caregivers to better understand their child’s strengths, and focus. on areas we know will benefit based on the Big Blue curriculum!

Yes, our instructors have been certified in the Swim Whisperers® method to teach children of all abilities.

All of our instructors are first aid certified, and we would recommend that children with mobility challenges or seizures enroll into private, 1:1 lesson.

Yes, depending on the needs of the swimmer, there are several tools our instructors may use, including flotation devices.

Please contact your local school for more information on accessibility tools.

We find the most effective way to understand a child’s unique needs in the water is through a direct conversation. To determine how your local pool can best serve your family, please call your local pool. Additionally, select Big Blue Swim School locations offer Adaptive Swim lessons with an instructor certified in the Swim Whisperers® method. To learn more and see the list of pools offering Adaptive swim lessons, please visit our Adaptive Swim page.