Diveheart / HSA Sanctioned Training Opportunity 6/6/08

OK Divers
Here is an opportunity to use our talents in scuba diving to help Disabled Veterans & those with handicaps. Adults and children with special needs often never have the opportunity to explore the underwater world. However, with our help, this is possible. Please check out the website at:http://www.diveheart.org

This is a Sanctioned HSA Course and is confirmed for June 6 - 8, 2008 in Crystal River, Florida.

The instructor will be Jim Elliot - President of The Diveheart Foundation.

This is a rewarding opportunity & we are excited to join the Diveheart organization and help others experience the world of Scuba Diving. I know it is difficult in our busy lives to find time mid-summer, but I honestly believe this specialized training is worth all the effort & future rewards.

Please see the attachment. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the application and send it with payment by US Mail to Jim Elliot at The Diveheart Foundation as soon as possible to secure your place. Space is limited.

The course will be conducted at:
THE PLANTATION INN
9301 West Fort Island Trail
Crystal River, Florida
Plantation Golf Resort & Spa, Crystal River, FL Hotel Resort
9:00AM to 6:00PM: Lectures Day: Friday Date: June 6, 2008
9:00AM to 6:00PM: Pool Skills Day: Saturday Date: June 7, 2008
9:00AM to 5:00PM: Open Water & Exam Day: Sunday Date: June 8, 2008

The Dive Buddy Course(DBC)
Many of us know someone, a friend or family member, we'd like to involve in scuba diving. Or, we'd welcome the challenge of learning about disabilities, accessibility issues and how to dive with people who have disabilities. The HSA "Dive Buddy Program" offers able-bodied divers this opportunity to expand their underwater world to include sharing it with a handicapped partner. An HSA certified Dive Buddy receives nearly as much information and skill training as an instructor , except the training focuses on recreation, not instruction.

Instructor Training Course (ITC)
Since the HSA Instructor Training Course was first introduced in 1986 we have trained and certified a network of over 2000 instructors in over 45 countries around the world.

The course provide 3 full days of intensive, insightful theory and application for those instructors eager to accept the challenge of sharpening their teaching skills. Each instructor acquires medical information through 10 hours of lectures on disabilities - what they are and how they relate to diving - followed by a series of confined and open water exercises, designed to simulate disabilities. By "acting out" these handicaps, instructors actually experience what it's like to BE a mobility or sight-impaired diver, a sensitizing , often surprising revelation even for instructors who have been teaching diving for many years. Our roster of HSA instructors includes experts in Physical Rehabilitation counseling, Medical Doctors and other health care professionals able to directly assess the profound effect of handicapped diving.

This is a WONDERFUL opportunity for everyone to learn how to help others discover the Underwater magic. I do hope you will consider it!

Spots still available for the HSA training Contact Jim Elliott if interested

See everyone who registered at 9am on Friday at the Plantation Inn.

Will there be another date/location for this course? Somewhere closer to Fort Lauderdale?

lilo:

Will there be another date/location for this course? Somewhere closer to Fort Lauderdale?

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Why aren't you out diving today :mooner: Did you see all the pictures in my gallery