WATER SAFETY COURSES (CORRECTED AFTER I TOOK THE TEST)|2023/24 UPDATE|GRADED A+

As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which of the following American Red Cross courses are you authorized to teach? • Learn-to-Swim courses, Parent and Child Aquatics courses and Safety Training for Swim Coaches To assist an instructor in a Learn-to-Swim course, an instructor aide must hold a certificate or possess knowledge and skills for: The level they are teaching Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses is in the: American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's Manual with CD-ROM. The minimum age for a child to participate in Parent and Child Aquatics is: 6 months. Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by the: Water Safety instructor. When you observe that a learner's movements are accurate and rapid and he or she seems able to detect and correct errors on his or her own, that learner: late learner Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching aides are factors that influence: lesson plan Which of the following adjustments to your course should you consider to enhance learning of individual with disabilities? Decreasing the instructor-to-participant ratio? An important step for both the participants' success and your own improvement as an instructor is to: • Evaluate how effective your lesson plan was at the end of each lesson. The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used: To provide an additional demonstration that can be viewed as needed. One value of a block plan is that it can be used: To divide course content into individual class sessions. A good lesson plan should: Indicate what equipment is needed, skills to be taught and appropriate activities to be used. In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim, water safety information and techniques should be: An integral part of all courses. Which of the following helps communicate to parents what their children are learning in swim lessons? Online app The water safety topics that are listed in the Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim skills outlines: Can be augmented with additional safety topics that meet local needs or address current events. Why does the Red Cross stress that water safety information be shared with parents as well as participants in Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim? Parents who are educated about water safely can more safely supervise children around aquatic environments During a Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 class, a parent tells you that her son is constantly coughing after he puts his face in the water. You should advise the parent that her son: shouldnt submerge more that 3 times per lesson Instructors should teach any headfirst entries from the deck only if the water depth at the location of practice is at least: 9-feet deep. The major difference between a shallow-angle dive and a standing dive is the: Angle of entry to the water and the resulting underwater swimming path. When considering modifications to a skill or stroke for individuals with disabilities, you should: Work with the participants and allow them to try several alternatives. What is the most effective way to improve the efficiency of swimming strokes? Wear swimsuits that increase drag, requiring more propulsive drag INCORRECT Which of the following can make most swimmers float on the back more easily? Tilting the head backward to look upward arms above your head inhaling Which of the following techniques can reduce form drag? Maintaining a streamlined body position The ______________ is the part of the power phase of a swimming stroke in which the hands move into position to begin to apply effective force. Catch Which of the following is an objective of Longfellow's WHALE Tales? To help children learn safe behavior in, on and around the water Upon completion of the Water Safety Instructor course, Water Safety instructors must take the following steps before they are authorized to teach Safety Training for Swim Coaches: Need to do something but not sure In customizing classes to accommodate older adults, Water Safety instructors should: Understand that reduced functioning, such as in strength or flexibility, may require adaptations to skills.