Hi, not sure of I have really posted in the correct place.
Dd1 has Aspergers, she's a very anxious child and teaching her new skills (other than academic ones ) is such hard work. Every summer she swims at school but the teachers don't spend any time actually teaching her to swim, she goes in the pool, a teacher asks her to do something, she says 'no' and then they end up letting her do what she likes ( which is usually swimming with 3 floats ). Now she's getting older I think it's getting more important that she learns to swim. She's 10 years old and the only one in her year group that can't swim ( most of her class have private lessons and were swimming at a early age ). I don't want to force her too much as I know it will put her off even more, we will be taking her to the pool a couple times a week during the summer holidays just to gain confidence in the water. I have tried taking her to a quiet pool and teaching her but as soon as I try and help her or tell her to try something new she gets very upset.
I was lucky as a child because I had a pool in my garden and taught myself to swim, I am considering doing the same for her but sadly we don't have a flat garden to put a pool on.
Can anyone recommend what to do?