Lessons
ISR swim instruction is for children 6 months to 6 years with all one-on-one instruction. Lessons are conducted 5 days a week (Monday through Friday), at a maximum of 10 minutes a day, for approximately 6 weeks. Each child has their own lesson time daily.
Skill Sets and Programs
What your child will learn with ISR Self-Rescue depends on their age and developmental readiness, but in all cases, at minimum, your child will learn to roll onto their back to float, rest, and breathe and to maintain this position until help arrives.
Rollback to Float
Infants to Early Walkers
The rollback to float program teaches your baby to independently turn themselves onto their back if ever face down in the water to safely breathe, rest, and float on their back until help arrives.
Swim-Rollback-Float
Early Walkers
With swim-rollback-float lessons, your child can swim underwater until they need to breathe, roll to their back to rest, breathe, and float until rescued by an adult.
Swim-Float-Swim
Solid Walkers
The swim-float-swim program teaches your child to swim underwater until they need to breathe, roll to their back for a few breaths until rested, then swim starting the sequence again until they reach the pool steps, side of the pool, or the shoreline.
Skill Continuation
Your child’s initial skill set is not the end. It’s only the beginning of your child’s skills! ISR skills are like speaking a second language and must be practiced with maintenance and refresher lessons. If your child completes lessons as a floater, they can undergo skill advancement to swim-float-swim when ready.
Maintenance
After completing their ISR Self-Rescue skillset, maintenance lessons help students to maintain their skills and confidence throughout the year and can indicate readiness for skill advancement. They are single-day lessons that should be scheduled at intervals recommended by the instructor, ranging from a few times per week to once a month.
Refreshers
After completing their ISR Self-Rescue skillset, refresher lessons are suggested every three to six months and are scheduled for two weeks, five days per week. As children grow, their skills will need to be adjusted to their new height and weight. Refreshers are highly recommended to refine their skills as they’ve most likely hit developmental milestones since the last time they’ve seen us.
Pool Location
I teach from an indoor, heated, salt water pool in east Fort Collins.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Fort Collins South
3520 Timberwood Dr
Fort Collins, CO 80528
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Please remember that your child’s safety always takes priority and I will adjust lessons according to ISR’s safety protocols.
A Family’s ISR Journey
A raw, real, and inspiring testimonial. Granger and Amber Smith's son, River, lost his life to drowning in 2019. Three years later, their new baby, Maverick, completed ISR Self-Rescue Lessons.
ISR Lessons in Action
Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death for children under the age of 4 in 23 U.S. states. Nationwide, it ranks second only to vehicle accidents. On average, 11 children drown every day. "With ISR training, just because a child wanders to the pool alone doesn't mean he has to die there, and that's our mission," says JoAnn Barnett, Infant Swimming Resource president and CEO.
ISR in the News
Check out recent news stories about ISR Self-Rescue.
Baby boy saved himself from drowning thanks to swimming lessons. - WPBF 25, West Palm Beach, FL
Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in children ages 1 to 4 and swim instructors want to make sure you have your child prepared to be near the water. - WBIR 10, Knoxville, TN
In 2018, Olympic skier Bode Miller and his wife Morgan lost their little girl Emmy in a tragic drowning accident. Natalie Morales visits them at their Southern California home, where their younger children are being taught skills the Millers believe could have saved their daughter’s life. - TODAY
Florida parents take steps to prevent drowning deaths, including ISR Self-Rescue lessons and layers of protection. - NBC 2, Cape Coral, FL
“ISR’s unique results are achieved through fully customized, safe and effective one-on-one lessons with only your child and the instructor in the water.”
— JoAnn Barnett, ISR SMI, President & CEO of Infant Swimming Resource