Babies 6 to 12 months learn:
Children 1 to 6 years old learn:
All skills for all children are initially learned and stabilized in a swimsuit. But, because most children drown while fully clothed, their skills will then be practiced and stabilized while wearing summer clothing and then winter clothing.
The retention of skills for ISR students is approximately 94 percent, and refresher or “adjustment” lessons are necessary because of the physical growth the student undergoes in the first few years of life. Once the child’s growth slows by age 4 or 5, the annual refresher lessons are no longer critical.
What ISR students learn:
ISR teaches children as young as 6 months old to self-rescue in the water. If a child has the coordination, strength, endurance and mental capacities to escape supervision and get into the water, then with effective redirection, these same attributes could enable him or her to use learned skills to self-rescue.
ISR integrates skills training that is developmentally-appropriate for young children, teaching them to save their own lives in a drowning scenario while building competence and confidence that can lead to a lifetime of fun in and around the water.
ISR Lessons are: