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Adaptive Swim Lessons in Oakland

Oakland families can reach SNAP's long-running special-needs aquatics classes at the Berkeley YMCA in minutes, and private adaptive instructors will come to home and community pools across the city. Here is where to start.

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Special Needs Aquatic Program (SNAP)

Adaptive program

Decades-old Bay Area special-needs aquatics program whose classes at the Berkeley YMCA are a short drive from most of Oakland.

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Patti's Swim School

Warm-water · private

Castro Valley school with instructors trained to teach children with special needs, explicitly serving Oakland and surrounding East Bay families.

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Sunsational Swim School

Private lessons

Sends special-needs-experienced instructors to home and community pools across Oakland for one-on-one lessons.

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