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So the boy child had his first swimming lesson yesterday, and it was a huge success! The instructor is a very nice young woman who has had some experience working with Asperger kids. She took things very slowly with him and was quick to change tactics if something wasn't working.

DH was in the pool room (the pool is indoors, and heated) and the girl child and I watched from an observation room, so I didn't really hear what was going on, but I saw her sit on the side of the pool with him with their legs dangling in the water, offer to help him slide into the pool, and then point out the ladder when it was obvious that wasn't going to happen. They had some sort of scaffolding in the shallow (4 foot) end of the pool so that he was able to stand in water only up to his knees if he wanted. She really eased him into things, and by the end of the 30 minute lesson he was leaning over so that each ear was completely covered by water, dunking down up to his eyeballs, and moving through the water (with the instructor holding on to him) submerged up to his nose, blowing bubbles through his mouth! Wow!

This is a HUGE thing, y'all. The boy HATES getting any water on his face or in his ears whatsoever. I'm frankly amazed that she made as much progress with him as she did in only one lesson. More importantly, the boy LOVED it and he can't wait to go back next week!

Yay!