Self-Rescue

You want your child to enjoy all the fun life has to offer, while ensuring those activities do not compromise their safety or well-being. You know that for your child's safety, higher risk activities such as playing around the water or near a busy street must be approached with utmost caution and a protective introduction to the activity.

When it comes to water-safety and skills, ISR is the safest provider of swimming lessons for babies and toddlers between 6 months and 6 years old. As the only medically-sound swimming method of its kind, ISR goes beyond traditional swim instruction, teaching children self-rescue techniques to survive in the water.

Technique

Every child learns at his or her own pace. Children may begin lessons at 6 months of age up until 6 years of age. Your child will never be thrown into the water and will always be accompanied in the water by his or her instructor.

These safe and effective lessons are customized to your child and taught one on one. We do not offer group lessons. Your child’s lesson experience will be unique and to provide the safest possible lesson, the instructor’s attention will be focused on your baby only throughout the lesson period.

Babies 6 to 12 Months Learn:        

  
  • To hold their breath underwater
  • To roll onto their back
  • To float unassisted, rest and breathe until help arrives
  • To perform these self-rescue skills first in a swim diaper, then while fully clothed

                   

Children 1 to 6 Years Old Learn:

 
  • To hold their breath underwater
  • Swim with their head down
  • Roll onto their back to float, rest, and breathe
  • Roll back over to resume swimming until they reach the side of the pool, crawl out or be rescued by an adult
  • To perform these self-rescue skills first in a swim diaper and/or bathing suit, then while fully clothed


Your child is not the only one who will learn during ISR lessons. ISR has developed The Parent Resource Book, a complete program for you focusing on the many facets of drowning prevention. The Resource Book covers everything from child physiology to safety before, during and after the lessons.

Even if you are not ready to enroll your child, ISR wants you to remember these Safety Guidelines:

  • NEVER leave your child alone in the bathtub or pool; not even for a second
  • ALWAYS leave a responsible adult in charge. Never leave an older sibling with this responsibility.
  • NEVER assume someone else is watching your child. Make sure the person you expect to watch your child knows its his or her responsibility.
  • NEVER leave your child to answer the phone. Install a phone jack by your pool or just let the answering machine handle the call. You can always call someone back but you can't bring back a child who has drowned.

Parent Education