Kayaking

Adaptive Paddling Workshop: Instructor Training

Thursday June 8 8:00am

Event Status: Planned

Northeast Passage $350.00
50 College Rd
Durham, NH

 

Disability Served: Autism, Brain Injury, Hearing, Intellectual, Mental Health, Physical, Visual

Communities Served: Adult, Family, Teen, Veterans

Contact:

Northeast Passage

Contact Name: Amanda Zedon

Phone: 603-862-0070

northeast.passage@unh.edu

www.nepassage.org

Four day Adaptive Paddling Workshop 6/8/17–6/11/17 (Thursday–Sunday).
This four day training is designed for instructors, outfitters, recreation program managers, trip leaders, rehabilitation specialists and those looking to include people with disabilities in paddlesport programs. Adaptive Paddling Workshops teach instructors how to compensate for a paddler’s loss of function due to disability and how to adapt equipment and instruction, focusing on the paddler’s ability. This workshop will include classroom and hands-on learning, a pool session and open water paddling. Current ACA (American Canoe Association) Paddling Instructors will earn the Adaptive Endorsement upon successful completion. All others who are not certified ACA instructors will earn a Certificate of Completion upon successful demonstration of endorsement criteria.
All participants must meet ACA Essential Eligibility Criteria:
-Be 18 years or older, or accompanied by an adult.
-Be able to manage all personal care and mobility independently or with the assistance of a companion who accompanies the participant.
-Be able to get in and out of a canoe or kayak independently or with the assistance of a companion.
-Have prior experience paddling a canoe or kayak independently or with the assistance of a companion.
-Be able to perform a wet exit independently.
-Be able to re-enter the canoe or kayak following a deep water capsize independently, or with the assistance of one other paddlecraft.
–NOTE: If a companion accompanies a participant and also participates fully in the instructional activities, the companion may be charged as a participant, at the discretion of the sponsoring organization.

Participants MUST attend all four days to receive certificate of completion!
To register for this event or if you have questions about this event, please contact Northeast Passage via phone or email at (603) 862-0070 or Northeast.Passage@unh.edu.