March 18 - 20, 2011

Do you want to train to teach or serve as a certified dive buddy to divers with disabilities? Here’s your opportunity!

Diveheart

Instructor Training Course -- $375

Diveheart

Buddy Certification Course -- $200

DIVEHEART INSTRUCTOR & BUDDY TRAINING COURSE

Diveheart adaptive scuba training

At this very moment, specially trained Diveheart instructors are training and certifying people with disabilities all over the world. You are invited to join this elite group of dedicated Instructors and buddies!!

The Diveheart Instructor/Buddy Training Course has been shared with dive professionals all over the world including Australia, China, Israel & all over the U.S. & Caribbean.

The Diveheart adaptive scuba training for instructors & dive buddies is very unique and has compiled the best practices that exist in the field of adaptive scuba training for individuals with disabilities.

During the course, you will learn about a variety of disabilities, what accessibility means as well as go thru empathy training so you will know what it is like to dive with a disability. During lectures you will be introduced to a variety of physical and cognitive disabilities, Diveheart training procedures and certification criteria, special considerations for classroom and in-water training, equipment and accessibility.

During confined water training, you will dive as a paraplegic with your legs tied together. You’ll wear a blacked out mask so you can relate to diving blind, and be put into typically problematic training scenarios to experience what your students will experience. As a scuba instructor, you teach your students to do what you do. If you haven’t experienced what they will experience, you do not have the tools to teach them. This will give you the tools.

Student logistics can change significantly when disabilities are introduced into your tried- and-true training procedures. The open water training will prepare you to be flexible when you are conducting open water training and dive planning.

DIVEHEART INSTRUCTOR AND BUDDY
TRAINING COURSE APPLICATION

Date: March 18-20, 2011

Special Discover Diving program Sunday, March 20

Training conducted by Diveheart President & Founder Jim Elliott

DIVEHEART TRAINING FEES: $ 375 Instructor $200 Dive Buddy

Price includes training & materials, specific agency registration & certification card is extra (example: H.S.A Handicapped Scuba Association or SDI Scubility specialty )

· Friday, March 18, 8:00a-6:00p – Pool, Lectures and skills – Rumpel Fitness Center Pool

· Saturday, March 19, 8:00a-6:00p – Pool, Lectures and skills – Rumpel Fitness Center Pool

· Sunday, March 20, 8:00a-6:00p – Pool, Lectures and skills – Rumpel Fitness Center Pool

· Open water training – Location and time TBA

THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED FOR EACH DAY MAY VARY. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY PLANS THAT WILL INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THESE DAYS THAT MAY START EARLIER OR END LATER.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

· You will need a full set of SCUBA gear, including a wetsuit. You will be in the water for long periods of time and will get cold if you are not properly dressed.

· Tanks will be available for rent onsite – or bring your own.

· There will be an additional fee if any open water boat dives are added.

· If you are from out of town, you will need to provide your own lodging.

· Additional certification opportunities will be available thru H.S.A. (Handicapped Scuba Association & the SDI (Scuba Diving International ) Scubility program.

DIVEHEART ITC & BTC ENROLLMENT APPLICATION

For more information contact Lisa DePasquale at (847) 477-5816 or Jim Elliott at Diveheart, 630-964-1983,

payment: $375 (instructor training) or $200 (buddy training), add $5 to have the materials mailed to you in advance

due prior to beginning of course

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