Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is the global leader in the industry it pioneered in 1966: survival swimming lessons for infants and young children. Our team of highly-trained ISR Instructors provides the safest and most effective survival swimming lessons available. The ISR lessons our students receive today is a product of nearly 60 years of research and experience to achieve unparalleled results each day in pools around the world.
Today, our mission, “Not One More Child Drowns,” is the foundation of everything we do and is the driving force behind ISR’s employees, our independent ISR Instructors, and our major corporate partnerships. We believe the successful prevention of the leading cause of accidental death for children under the age of 4 in the U.S. will require a large group of caring and capable professionals whose sole focus is to save lives.
To date, we have delivered more than 19,000,000 ISR Self-Rescue Lessons. ISR believes in multiple layers of defense against aquatic accidents which include pool fences, alarms, and active adult supervision. However, traditional lines of defense break down, and the over 4,000 drowning deaths per year bear a grim testament to the fact that traditional approaches are missing a key component: the child. ISR’s core conviction is that the child is the most important part of a drowning prevention strategy and our over 450,000 ISR graduates and hundreds of documented survival stories, are proof that children can, and do, save themselves. Children are curious, capable, and have an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles like pool fences; at ISR we take that ability and teach them skills to potentially save themselves if they find themselves in the water alone.
Safety
ISR is the safest swimming program in the world. Safety is a priority before, during, and after lessons. The registration process involves a comprehensive medical history report conducted by a team of medical professionals to ensure each child is able to participate safely in lessons. Daily interviews that review each child's bowel/urine/diet/sleep patterns are conducted before each lesson, as well as health monitoring throughout each lesson. After each lesson, children are placed in a resting position and monitored further during communication period with caretakers/parents. These extensive safety protocols make ISR the safest and most effective survival swimming program in the world.
RESULTS
Each ISR Instructor safely and gently guides your child through the process of mastering his/her survival skills. The protocols and ongoing education your Instructor receives ensures that your child, at the end of their initial set of lessons, WILL be able to successfully:
- Demonstrate the age appropriate survival sequence and problem solving
- Including, at minimum, roll-back-to-float and/or swim-float-swim
- Perform these skills in clothes and winter gear
QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS
Every ISR instructor undergoes 8 weeks of intense training. Hands on, in the pool with an ISR Master Instructor and students, learning the ISR method. For 8 weeks, we are in the pool 5x per week for several hours a day, for a minimum of 60 hours with ACTUAL students. In addition, we receive extensive hours of academic training in anatomy, physiology, child psychology, behavioral psychology and development, sensorimotor learning, and how each relates to the aquatic environment. Every instructor also maintains CPR and First Aid certifications, as well as annual recertification and testing to maintain our ISR certification and skills.
Please keep in mind that your child’s safety always takes priority and we will adjust lessons according to our safety protocols.