NBC News - ISR Naples and Fort Myers

nfant Swimming Resource (ISR, www.infantswim.com), the safest provider of Self-Rescue swimming lessons for babies and toddlers from six months to six years old, today announced its Not One More Child Drowns Campaign in Naples, focused on community education about water safety and drowning prevention. ISR is pledging more than $10,000 to its Naples pool and water safety campaign and is offering complimentary Self-Rescue lessons to the first 50 children of any fire fighter, police officer or first responder in Naples and Bonita Springs.

Because of the initiative taken by the city of Naples to raise awareness for pool and water safety, ISR has selected the city as part of its 2010 Not One More Child Drowns Campaign, said Harvey Barnett, founder of Infant Swimming Resource. ISR saw a huge need to join the community effort in Naples to help raise drowning prevention awareness. Sometimes, everything we do is not enough to keep a child from drowning. Even with alarms, door locks, pool fences and supervision, children can escape from protective care and find themselves in trouble. At ISR, we arm children with the skills to survive if they were to accidentally end up in the water alone.

For more than 40 years, ISR has successfully provided Self-Rescue lessons to more than 200,000 infants and young children with a 100 percent safety record. The ISR lesson experience is a comprehensive six-week program where each lesson is customized for the child as they are safely guided through the learning process.




Six months to 12 months - infants learn to hold their breath under water, roll onto their backs and float unassisted.

One year to six years - learn how to hold their breath underwater, swim with their head down and eyes open, roll onto their back to float, rest, and breathe, and roll back over to resume swimming until they reach the side of the pool and can crawl out. Once skilled, children practice these techniques fully clothed.




About Infant Swimming Resource

Founded in 1966, Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is nationally recognized as the safest provider of Self-RescueTM swimming lessons for children six months to six years of age. With a passionate focus on baby swimming safety, and as the nations only behaviorally-based swim instruction program, ISR designed its program for parents who are dedicated to their childs safety, education and developmental needs. Our emphasis on ensuring that not one more child drowns is founded on Dr. Harvey Barnetts Self-Rescue training, proven to help young children survive in a drowning scenario. ISRs nationwide network of highly qualified, certified Instructors has successfully trained more than 200,000 babies and toddlers and delivered more than seven million lessons with a 100 percent safety and survival rate, with zero injuries and 789 documented cases of a childs self-rescue using ISR techniques. For more information on ISR, water and swim safety or to find an instructor in your area, please visit www.infantswim.com.

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[mcallaway]

What a great news story!

[babyswimisr]

Fabulous! Way to go Kathy and Fernanda!