Melissa's certifications and highlights:
- Location: Our pool: Melissa gives private or semi-private lessons at the Plunge in Redondo Beach. She also does house to house lessons in the cities of Palos Verdes, Torrance, and Redondo Beach.
- Safety: CPR for infant, child, and adult, WSI (water safety instructor), AED certified.
- Experience:12 years of experience giving swim lessons.
- Special Needs Pupils: Melissa is especially good with special needs swim pupils, and welcomes the chance to give swim instruction lessons to those with mental or physical challenges, including down syndrome and autism. If your child has a severe handicap and you aren't sure if s/he should attempt to learn to swim please contact us and we can discuss it.
- Personality: Great personality; brings plenty of encouragement, patience, and fun to each lesson.
Melissa has developed a great passion for swimming over the past 14 years. She takes it from here..."My name is Melissa. I have been a swim instructor for 17 years. I was a competitive swimmer from elementary school through high school. In college, I was an Assistant Swim Coach for Robinson High school in Fairfax, VA, and my boys’ team won State. I was one of the head special needs private swim instructors in college for Fairfax County, VA."
One of my passions is to work with children who have Down syndrome, Autism, Asperger’s, ADHD, ADD, and with children who have other multiple disorders or handicaps. I have a great deal of experience with teaching water safety to these swim students and was the person my boss would send these pupils to at my former swim instruction job.
I graduated with my B.A. in Sociology from George Mason University in 2009. After college I was a substitute teacher, predominately with special needs children for K through 12th Grade. I have taught all levels of American Red Cross classes: Baby and Me, Toddler and Me, Levels 1 to 6, Stroke Mechanics 1 to 5, and Adults Classes. I am very patient, very adaptable to all my students, well organized, but able to change directions and adapt to what the swim pupil needs at any particular time.
Thank you.
310-720-0174
Joey2276@aol.com
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