Lessons
ISR Self-Rescue lessons are 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 daily, for approximately 6-8 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 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 Maintenance and Continuation
Keep your child's lifesaving ISR skills sharp and growing! Like learning a new language, water safety skills need regular practice to stay strong. Through maintenance and refresher lessons, your child's abilities continue to develop.
If your child completes their skill set as a floater, they can undergo skill advancement to swim-float-swim when ready.
Maintenance Lessons
Single-day maintenance lessons help students maintain their skills and confidence throughout the year and can indicate readiness for skill advancement. The instructor recommends scheduling them at intervals ranging from a few times weekly to once a month.
Refresher Lessons
Refresher lessons are suggested if a student has been out of lessons for 3+ months and are scheduled for two weeks, five days per week. As children grow, their skills must 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 saw us.
Skill Advancement to Swim-Float-Swim
Children who have completed the rollback to float skill set and reach age 2 with appropriate developmental milestones can progress to our advanced swim-float-swim sequence. This skill advancement follows our comprehensive 6-week program, building on their foundation with the same personalized instruction that makes ISR so effective.
Please remember that your child’s safety always takes priority and I will adjust lessons according to ISR’s safety protocols.
Pool Location
I teach from an indoor, heated pool in Fort Collins, CO.
Fairfield Inn & Suites Fort Collins South
3520 Timberwood Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80528
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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 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