Infant Swimming Resource, commonly known as ISR, provides survival swimming lessons designed to help infants and young children develop essential aquatic skills. The program uses individualized, one-on-one instruction, with each child’s lessons tailored to their developmental abilities and the family’s aquatic environment. ISR emphasizes water safety and describes its lessons as an additional layer of protection alongside active adult supervision and other water safety practices.
ISR lessons can begin with children as young as 6 months old. All students learn the foundational skill of rolling onto their backs to float, rest, and breathe. As toddlers and young children develop additional physical skills, instruction can progress to the swim-float-swim sequence, in which children learn to swim, rotate onto their backs to float, and continue swimming toward a safe location. The specific skills taught are customized according to each child’s developmental needs.
Families can use the ISR instructor locator to find certified instructors and swimming lessons in their area. The locator allows parents to search by address, ZIP code, or city and identifies instructors within the available search area. Families who do not currently have an instructor nearby can also join ISR’s waiting list and receive information about future availability and water safety resources.
Water safety is a central part of ISR’s mission. The organization stresses that no aquatic skill can make a child completely drown-proof and that active adult supervision remains the most important defense against drowning. ISR also provides families with resources covering supervision, pool barriers, alarms, CPR, and other layers of aquatic safety.
In addition to lessons, Infant Swimming Resource provides educational resources for parents, including its Parent Resource Book and family aquatic safety materials. Through its instructor network and water safety resources, ISR aims to help families build safer habits and give children age-appropriate aquatic skills.
