(8-12 yrs.) This class is for individuals with mild intellectual and developmental disabilities. Emphasis on the development of basketball skills including dribbling, passing, and shooting.

This foundational/transitional class offers additional staff supervision and support to help students with disabilities develop basic skating skills. Helmets are required.

(8-Adult) Prerequisite: Students must be able to swim a minimum of 15 yards independently. This class is designed to prepare students with disabilities for more advanced competitive swimming and focuses on the basic steps and progressions of the four competitive strokes: front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke and butterfly.

(13-Adult) This class is designed for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities Students receive personalized instruction focused on improving fitness and endurance through lap swimming or water walking.

(6-12 yrs.) This is a learn-to-swim class designed for students with disabilities. Students engage in activities to overcome fear and gain basic swimming and water safety skills. Skills include entering and exiting the water safely, blowing bubbles, floating and the introduction of arm and leg action with assistance. Parent/caregiver participation may be required.

(6-12 yrs.) Prerequisite: Swimming 1 or equivalent skill proficiency. This is a learn-to-swim class designed for students with disabilities. Students should be comfortable entering the water on their own, blowing bubbles, and using their arms and legs to swim with assistance. Skills include floating on both front and back, gliding and swimming without assistance. Parent/caregiver participation may be required.

(6-12 yrs.) Prerequisite: Swimming 2 or equivalent skill proficiency. This is a learn-to-swim class designed for students with disabilities. Students should be able to swim at least two body lengths without assistance. Skills include treading water, retrieving objects and swimming on both front and back without assistance. Parent/caregiver participation may be required.

Through play and individual attention, preschoolers and their parents work on adjusting to a new environment. Focus is on entry and exit skills, water safety, blowing bubbles and arm and leg propulsion on the front and back. Parent participation is required.

(6-21 yrs.) This event is designed for participants with Autism and their families to learn about fishing. Learn how to fish together through basic fishing education and a guided fishing opportunity at Burke Lake Park. All equipment is provided. Participants 16 and older must have a valid VA fishing license. Family participation is required.

Students with physical disabilities (cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, MS, etc.) work at their individual ability levels as they pursue their personal fitness goals. Shallow water exercises and swim program improve body awareness and increase range of motion, flexibility and muscle tone. Wheelchair users welcome. Caretaker/family member participation may be required.

Classes take place in depths of less than five feet. Skills include entering and exiting water, floating, gliding on front and back, breathing techniques, and using arms and legs to perform front crawl and elementary backstroke. Parent/caregiver participation may be required.

This four-week adapted recreation series introduces teens to hiking, fishing, orienteering and kayaking in our safe and accessible sit-on-top kayaks. Our experienced instructors focus on safety and fun for students who may have never enjoyed the great outdoors quite like this. Parents must be accessible during the program. Students are responsible for personal care during the length of each class.

(8-Adult) Prerequisite: Swimmers must be able to swim 25 yards in the front and back while circle swimming with other swimmers. This is competitive training for swimmers who may want to participate in Special Olympics. Swimmers are coached in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.