Puggles Pro is an advanced online course designed for Puggles Skippers who want to build on their Puggles Swim training and continue developing their skills in inclusive swimming instruction.
Created for accredited swimming teachers, this course provides practical strategies, downloadable resources and further guidance to support deaf and hard of hearing children in mainstream swimming lessons. Puggles Pro helps instructors strengthen their deaf awareness, improve lesson delivery and create safer, more accessible learning environments in and around the water.
What the course offers
- Advanced deaf awareness training for swim teachers
- Practical strategies for supporting deaf and hard of hearing children in swimming lessons
- Guidance on adapting mainstream swim classes to be more inclusive
- Further development of inclusive communication techniques
- Swim-related Auslan signs and phrases to support lesson delivery
- Realistic examples of how to apply deaf-friendly teaching practices
- Tools to help instructors build confidence when teaching deaf and hard of hearing children
- Downloadable resources to use in lessons and share with families where appropriate
- Flexible online learning that can be completed at your own pace
- A refresher for Puggles Skippers who want to strengthen their existing knowledge
- Professional development that supports safer, more accessible swimming education
- A certificate of completion recognising your continued commitment to inclusive swimming
Who this course is for
Puggles Pro is ideal for:
- Accredited swimming teachers
- Puggles Skippers who have already completed the Puggles Swim Course
- Swim instructors wanting to refresh and extend their inclusive teaching skills
- Swim schools looking to strengthen deaf-aware practice across their team
- Teachers who want to feel more confident supporting deaf and hard of hearing children in the pool
Key benefits
By completing Puggles Pro, swim teachers can:
- Continue building confidence in inclusive lesson delivery
- Better understand the needs of deaf and hard of hearing children
- Use more practical tools to support communication in noisy pool environments
- Help children feel safer, calmer and more included during lessons
- Strengthen their professional skills and stand out as an inclusive instructor
- Support families looking for swimming teachers who understand deaf-friendly practice
- Contribute to more accessible and welcoming swim programs
