Rollback
All students, even those as young as 6 months old, learn the fundamental ISR skill of rolling onto their backs with their face out of the water.
Float
ISR teaches children to float in the rollback position to rest and breathe. Infants and toddlers who are not yet walking well will learn to maintain this position until help can reach them.
Swim Float Swim
As toddlers and young children gain more physical skills on land, they are ready to learn more skills in the water as well. ISR teaches children to swim a short distance, rotate onto their back to a floating position, and then turn over to continue the sequence of swimming and floating.
Exit
Children are taught to swim float swim in a repeating sequence until they can reach safety at the steps, side of the pool, or shoreline.
Fully Clothed
Winter clothes are about as far away from a bathing suit as you can get, which is exactly why each ISR student learns to complete the ISR sequence fully clothed... oftentimes in heavier winter clothes. Accidents are unplanned, and the majority of children who drown do so dressed for the day; without mommy and daddy planning on them being in the water.