"Not One More Child Drowns"

Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is the global leader in survival swimming lessons for children ages 6 months old and up. Our mission, “Not One More Child Drowns,” is the foundation of everything we do and is the driving force behind ISR. Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death for children under the age of 4, and I am passionate about giving kids the skills to stay safe and have fun around water.

I began my journey with ISR after my second child was born and I realized that there were no ISR instructors within a two hour drive of my home in Greenville. I left my job as a full time attorney in order to train as an ISR instructor because I was desperate to give my own children self-rescue skills in the water and wanted them to grow into confident swimmers. I have not looked back after teaching ISR for 14 years in the upstate and I'm overjoyed to have taught hundreds of upstate kids incredible swimming skills.

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FAQs
Can you really teach a child who is not verbal how to swim?
Yes. Consider that children learn to sit, crawl and walk before they learn to speak. Because we teach through sensori-motor learning, verbal skills are not required for a child to acquire Self-Rescue skills. We are able to communicate with our students through touch and positive reinforcement while striving to set our students up for success every step of the way.
Can’t babies swim naturally?
Unfortunately, babies cannot naturally swim. If this were the case, there wouldn’t be so many drownings every year. According to the Center for Disease Control and Accident Prevention, drowning is the leading cause of accidental death for children ages 1-4 in the United States.
How do the kids react during the first few lessons?
Children often fuss during the first few lessons because they are in a new environment and around new people. As your child becomes more confident in his/her ability in the water, the fussing will decrease. It is not unlike the first time you tried a new exercise class or were asked to perform a task at work that you’d never done before: the first time you try a new task it is always challenging, until you get the hang of it. It is the same for your young child. Your child is learning to perform a skill that he/she’s never done before.
What is the American Academy of Pediatrics position on swimming lessons for young children?
The AAP encourages parents to consider that starting water-survival skills training at an early age must be individualized, based on the child's frequency of exposure to water, emotional maturity, physical limitations and health concerns related to swimming pools. You can view their policies and suggestions through the AAP website here: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at- play/Pages/Swim-Lessons.aspx

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