Marinda Linde is a registered Biokineticist who practiced land-based therapy for 5 years before she decided to specialise in Paediatric Hydrotherapy. She qualified as an AQUATOTS instructor in 1997 under Nell White, the founder of AQUATOTS Swim Program, with the intention of incorporating the program in her therapy sessions. Marinda works with a variation of disabilities including amongst others, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Down Syndrome, Anderman Syndrome, Mitochondria Myopathy, Developmental Delays, Autism, Muscular Dystrophy, Low Muscle Tone and Hyperkinetic Syndrome. She found that in using AQUATOTS Swim Program as a therapeutic tool in developing head control, encouraging control of the upper and lower limbs, improving balance and coordination, developing awareness of skills of daily living, increasing mental adaptability, encouraging independent movement, improving respiration and breathing control, and developing spatial awareness etc. her little patients also mastered...