​About ​ISR Self-Rescue®

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​Infant Swimming Resource is the product of over 5 decades of research and development in the areas of drowning prevention and aquatic survival instruction. 
All ISR Instructors are highly trained both academically and in the water. They are monitored and evaluated for their safety and efficiency and must complete stringent recertification requirements annually. 
Water is an unforgiving environment. For this reason aquatic survival skills for the infant and toddler should only be taught by an ISR Instructor. Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children under the age of 4 in the United States. Infant Swimming Resource is the first and only nationally recognized program striving to change this statistic.

​Why Choose ISR Self-Rescue

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1. Tragedies Should Be Prevented 
   Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children between the age of 1 and 4 in the United States.
   
   
2. ISR Swim Instruction Saves Lives 
   To date, ISR has nearly 900 documented cases of children using ISR Self-Rescue techniques to save themselves from drowning.
   
   
3. Parents Need Their Children To Be Skilled 
   Many children live or vacation frequently near pools and open bodies of water. For these families, it is essential that their children learn swimming and aquatic survival skills at a very young age.
   
   
4. Your Child Can Do This 
   The ISR instructor teaches the verbal and non-verbal young child or infant how to successfully float and swim in the water through extensive training in sensory-motor learning and operant conditioning. Your child also learns aquatic problem solving survival skills in order to effectively cope with many possible water emergency scenarios. Just watch them!
   
   
5. ISR Is The First And Only National Program Teaching Comprehensive Survival Swimming To Little Ones 
   Infant Swimming Resource teaches infants and toddlers aged 6 months to 6 years to float and/or swim independently, without the assistance of parents or flotation devices, even before youngsters can walk and talk.
   
   
6. The ISR Program Is A Great Precursor To Other Aquatic Programs 
   Students have a solid foundation of good breath control, head and body posture, and swim movement for when they reach the age for stroke work and rotary breathing. And because the little ones are competent, happy swimmers, families enjoy being in the water together.
   
   
7. ISR Instruction Fosters Better Family Aquatic Safety 
   Statistics show ISR students are less likely to fall in the water and their parents actually exercise more vigilance with their children around water than those who have not gone through the program. 

 8.  The ISR Program Is Exceptionally Safe And Effective
      With more than 8 million lessons, no infant or child has  
      been injured during a lesson.

 9.  Your Young Child Benefits Long Term 
      Competence begets confidence in the water; success
​      breeds higher self esteem. ISR instruction builds the f
      oundation for lifelong enjoyment of the water. ​

10.  The Sooner, The Safer 
        With ISR Self-Rescue® as an option, why choose
​        anything else? Your child could swim...just watch them!
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For More Information 

The national Infant Swimming Resource website provides the history of the  ISR program, explains the lessons and technique, includes parent testimonials, and offers student and media video clips.  It is also a great resource for information about pool and water safety.