Dori Maxon
Our Director, DORI MAXON PT, PCS, MEd, is a physical therapist with a specialty in pediatric clinical therapy. Dori has provided aquatic services to a variety of populations since 1978. In 1991 she founded the Special Needs Aquatic Program (SNAP), which provides aquatic physical therapy and adapted aquatics services to infants, children, and young adults in a community setting. For her work with SNAP, Dori was honored with the Tsunami Award from the Aquatic Therapy and Rehab Institute (ATRI) in 1999 and named Aquatic Professional of the Year in 2001. In 2004, she received the John K. Williams Jr. International Adapted Aquatics Award.
Dori is an ATRI certified aquatic therapist and has been an adapted aquatics instructor since 1983 and a Red Cross Water Safety instructor since 1978 . She is an instructor trainer for teachers of adapted aquatics through the Aquatics Council of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and is a certified instructor for the Arthritis Foundation and Aquatic Exercise Association. She is also a certified WATSUTM practitioner. Dori received a Masters degree in Perceptual and Motor Development from George Washington University and a Masters degree in Community Health and Physical Therapy from Old Dominion University.
Dori presents at annual aquatic therapy symposiums in the United States and Europe, and at hospitals, clinics, and community centers in the U.S. on the topic of pediatric aquatic therapy. Dori also offers volunteer and internship experiences in the area of pediatric aquatic physical therapy.
