Método Halliwick de natação: aplicação em crianças com deficiência visual

Abstract

Swimming is one of the most complete sports and more accessible to all kinds of people. The benefits of swimming for visually impaired relate to social, cognitive, motor and affective. Development is a continuous process that starts from pre-natal to death of the person. This research aimed to examine the program and apply the ten points of the method Halliwick swimming in children with Visual Impairment, highlighting the benefits brought by this reality, the dimensions cognitive, affective and motor skills of the children in the aquatic environment. The water allows people perform amazing moves that were made in the soil would be more difficult and performed by few, water also provides people with disabilities numerous benefits such as: rehabilitation and stimulation of paralyzed muscles, strengthening the muscles that helps in posture, relief of pain, strength work without worrying about friction, perceptual-motor intervention, independent mobility, among others. This, the methodological procedures were applied to children aged seven to thirteen years old. The results achieved with the research showed an improvement in motor coordination, sensory spatial orientation and understanding and ease of use of the proposed methodology employed and thus it is concluded that it can become more of a learning aid for swimming children with Visual Impairment. It is hoped that this research emphasize the potential of people with Visual Impairment, disclose the method Halliwick swimming and encourage their practice with people with disabilities