RAID launches International Online Program for Divers with Disabilities
RAID International has announced its new program, RAIDaptive, allowing dive centers worldwide online access to provide dive instruction to divers of all abilities. RAIDaptive includes Open Water certifications for not only divers with disabilities, but has also a Dive Buddy component, Instructor component, and an Instructor trainer component.
“It is an exciting approach for teaching people with various disabilities and opens up the underwater world for many people who thought they would never have this experience,” said Jim Holliday, RAID International CEO. “For Instructors and buddies it is a very rewarding experience and another important rating that instructors can achieve. I applaud everyone in the diving industry who welcomes divers of all abilities, and with our online training system, we were able to instantly offer this internationally, we hope this really opens up the world of scuba to a whole new community.”
Holliday believes this agency-wide effort shows a commitment to the diving community as a whole and hopes to inspire dive centers to be a beacon of social responsibility in their local communities.
RAID will be running a RAIDaptive training program for RAID Regional Offices at DEMA 2017 in Orlando. Instructors should contact their regional office after the DEMA show to find out how the program will be scheduled in various areas.
Learn more at www.diveraid.com or check in with the UK & Malta regional office at www.diveraiduk.com.
Source: www.divenewswire.com
