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Children with Disabilities

Looking for information on keeping children with disabilities safe in and around the water?

Find safety information for your local area at the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities:  

http://www.florida-card.org/map.htm

 

Josh the Baby Otter shares strategies to include children with autism spectrum disorder in water safety:

https://joshtheotter.org/

 

The Friendship Circle provides "5 Water Safety Resources for Children with Special Needs":

https://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2015/10/20/5-water-safety-resources-for-children-with-special-needs/

 

Safe Kids Worldwide Water Safety for Families with Children with Special Needs:

https://www.safekids.org/video/water-safety-families-children-special-needs

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Looking for a water safety video?

Ounce of Prevention Fund: Be a Water Watcher!
Keep kids safe in the water by designating a water watcher who can focus and limit distractions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC4ZE9KGUU

 

Alaska Office of Boating Safety: The Coat Float Song
Alaska Native traditional song with a message about wearing personal floatation devices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_wQKeFf-U

 

Pool Life: Jeffrey the Water Drop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBmsRj_pPtE

 

Safe Kids Worldwide: Safety in Seconds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EZu77Coc0

 

Safe Kids Worldwide: Water Safety for Families with Children with Special Needs

https://www.safekids.org/video/water-safety-families-children-special-needs

 

Pool Safely: No Second Chances. Learn how simple safety steps save lives.

English:  https://youtu.be/H5DqxTOKHYk

Spanish:  https://youtu.be/xPVFl-bPKPg

 

Pool Safely: Song by Laurie Berkner

Youtube: https://youtu.be/i6YHn7vPiM0

MP4: https://www.poolsafely.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/laurieberkner.mp4

 

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DID YOU KNOW? Life Jackets save lives! According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 84.5 percent of recreational boating-related drowning victims were not wearing a life jacket (2017). Make sure kids wear life jackets in and around open bodies of water such as lakes and oceans, even if they know how to swim. Boat U.S. Foundation provides step-by-step instructions to establish a life jacket loaner program. A life jacket does not take the place of supervision!