OT's and PT's may have training in aquatherapy. You may find some in your area that are trained in therapeutic swimming. Therapeutic recreation therapists or Adaptive PE teachers would be a good place to start. People with these skills are trained to help people find recreational and active pursuits. The head instructor at your pool may know. It may take some finding out to find someone. Some local rec departments have people on staff. If you find something to support her head in the water you may find she is less resistant to being on her back. Beth T. the OT -----Original Message----- From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jason Kruse PA Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Swimming with hemiplegia Hi Elizabeth- Yes she can roll over just fine on land AND water. Actually she has a strong roll over from back to front in the water. She is fairly resistant to floating on her back however. She puts up quite a comotion but sometimes she lets me put her there and I soothe her by talking calmly and she relaxes but for the most part she doesn't like it much. You make a great point about adaptive swimming. Is this something that a PT/OT would know about? Or maybe the head instructor at the pool who runs the lessons might know! Thanks Jason