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A Sensory-Profile Framework for Differentiated Swim Instruction in Autistic Children
Sponsor: Genesis Indep Research
Summary
Autistic children drown at one-hundred sixty times the rate of their neurotypical peers: a public health crisis that the adapted learning field has only addressed by demonstrating that standard swimming instruction sometimes works for autistic children. This study presents a three-profile framework (sensory-seeking/hyposensitive, sensory-avoidant/hypersensitive, variable/mixed) founded in sensory processing literature, based on \~950 lessons to 65 autistic children (ages 3-15) to determine why this disjunction exists, and how swim instructors can fix it.
Official title: A Sensory-Profile Framework for Differentiated Swim Instruction in Autistic Children: A Randomized Controlled Study With Nonverbal Learner Findings
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
3 Months - 16 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
95
Start Date
2025-10-15
Completion Date
2026-05-25
Last Updated
2026-07-13
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
sensory-based instruction
This study provided sensory-based instruction to children with ASD to increase aquatics-based learning efficiency
standard instruction
standard swim instruction with no neurological accommodations
Locations (1)
Genesis
Louisville, Kentucky, United States