Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Adaptive Paddling

I spent a four-day weekend in Virginia last weekend attending and completing an ACA Adaptive Paddling instruction clinic for an ACA endorsement to my teaching credentials. It was a demanding course and taught me a lot about working with people with disabilities. It was very rewarding to be able to assist and work with these folks in developing outfitting and procedures that allow them to participate in kayaking. We had several CCC members or instructors in the clinic as well as instructors from around the country at this event, hosted by the neonatal Wintergreen Adaptive Paddling program.

Among all the other reasons I'm anxiously awaiting delivery of my recently-ordered Subaru Forester, getting back to Virginia and working with the Wintergreen program is certainly high in the list.

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