LESSONS
Skill Sessions
The Infant Swimming Resource Self-Rescue™ survival swimming program is a specialized 6–8 week course designed to equip children with life-saving water safety skills. Lessons are 5 days per week, Monday through Friday, for 10 minutes each day.
We serve children from 6 months to 6 years of age, tailoring each lesson to your child’s developmental milestones, medical history, and prior aquatic experience to ensure the safest and most effective results.
Infants and toddlers who are not yet walking independently are taught to roll onto their backs, maintain a stable floating position, and breathe until help arrives.
Toddlers and young children who are walking, we introduce the Swim-Float-Swim technique. Students learn to swim underwater for short distances, roll onto their backs to rest and breathe, and then resume swimming toward an exit where they can safely get themselves out of the water or wait for help to arrive.
Once students are fully skilled, they will practice ISR skills in clothing during lessons, including everyday items like shoes, diapers, or seasonal attire, preparing them for real-world scenarios.
We also recommend continuing with refresher lessons once a child is fully skilled to reinforce their learned Self-Rescue™ swimming skills as they grow and develop physically.
Refresher Lessons
Maintenance Lessons
Maintenance Lessons
Refresher Lessons are essential for continuing and maintaining your child’s ISR Self-Rescue™ skills. As children grow rapidly through infancy, toddlerhood, and early childhood, their improvements in strength, coordination, and cognitive ability can impact previously learned Self-Rescue™ swimming skills.
Designed specifically for students who have completed the Self-Rescue™ program, Refresher Lessons follow a condensed version of the initial sequence while adhering to all the same safety procedures and protocols as the original program. Lessons are conducted 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, for 10 minutes each day, typically lasting 1–2 weeks. The exact number of lessons will depend on your child's growth since the last session. These lessons help fine-tune existing skills to accommodate your child’s developing body, allowing Instructors to make necessary adjustments.
Ideally, these lessons should occur annually; however, many parents opt to enroll their child every six months to ensure ongoing skill retention, boost confidence, and enhance overall water safety proficiency.
Maintenance Lessons
Maintenance Lessons
Maintenance Lessons
Maintenance Lessons are designed to fine-tune your child’s skills and keep their ISR Self-Rescue™ abilities strong. These lessons are available anytime and are highly recommended at least 1–2 times per month to ensure regular practice and prevent technique issues from developing.
After completing the initial skills program, as they grow more confident, a child's technique may become “sloppy”— swimming farther before rolling over or keeping their head up, or trying new movements they see from other children or adults. Maintenance Lessons help correct these habits, reinforce proper ISR techniques, and ensure your child’s skills remain safe, effective, and reliable.
Regular Maintenance Lessons give parents peace of mind that their child’s life-saving abilities continue to develop correctly, even as they explore and gain confidence in the water.
**If you notice your child exhibiting any unwanted or inappropriate swimming behavior, contact me ASAP to schedule a Maintenance Lesson!