Pools and waterparks are serving a more diverse population than ever before, which is awesome! Lifeguarding adults and children with disabilities is extremely rewarding, but also can create unique challenges. According to the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability, “Swimming has mental health benefits, improves behavioral outcomes, improves physiological well-being, has physical health benefits, increases muscle endurance, and can enhance skills at performing transfers in and out of a wheel chair.”
READ MORE »I often found myself asking this question as an operator after going through an audit. Prior to the audit, I would find myself focusing on whatever my weak points were from the previous audit and did not necessarily focus on the audit in its entirety. Inevitably, I would improve in one area, but another area would drop off. When we think about what makes a good audit, we need to look at the different parts of the audit, but understand we need to...
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