Links

Baby Swim

Baby Swim follows the learn-to-swim journey of Evie Reid, Laurie's granddaughter.

It looks at Evie's growth and development month by month for the first 12 months and shares important baby swimming information. This is a great resource for both parents and learn to swim teachers.

www.babyswim.info

World Wide Swim School

Laurie has developed the worlds first online swim school www.worldwideswimschool.com

Laurie shares his learn to swim expertise via an online interatice system that combies video streaming, PDF downloads and short quizzes. This resource is recognised by AUSTSWIM and Swim Australia as a professional devleopment opportnity for its swimming teachers.

This site also has a plethora of information for the astute parent wanting the best information on swimming teaching techniques.

Kids Alive - Do the five

Drowning is the greatest cause of accidental death in children under five in Australia. To combat the problem Laurie developed his Kids Alive - do the five drowning prevention campaign. Laurie's Kids Alive mantra drums " fence the pool, shut the gate, teach your kids to swim it's great, supervise, watch your mate and learn how to resuscitate".

Visit www.kidsalive.com.au

Swim Australia

Swim Australia is a division of the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA), a non-profit organization. Swim Australia is endorsed by Swimming Australia Ltd (SAL) and the Federal Government’s Active Australia.

Swim Australia:

• Registers Swim Schools that meet industry standards as determined by ASCTA,
• Promotes the many excellent benefits of learning to swim and water safety, and
• Provides the Swim Australia Registered Swim Schools with products, services and professional development programs to significantly enhance their operation.

Visit their site www.swimaustralia.org.au

AUSTSWIM

AUSTSWIM is Australia’s national organisation for the teaching of swimming and water safety™.  AUSTSWIM has developed quality aquatic education program for those wishing to enter the aquatic industry as a teacher of swimming and water safety™.

The AUSTSWIM accreditation is the industry standard for swimming and water safety teachers™ and is delivered and recognised in each state and territory of Australia and many countries overseas.

Visit their website www.austswim.com.au