Get the Lowdown

What to Expect:

Enrollment & Medical Registration Process

Scheduling

- Parents/caregivers enroll their child through the ISR Savannah scheduling site (link to site is provided via email by Certified ISR Instructor Kate Finney). Families choose one 10 minute time slot for each participating child. Enrollment is on a first come, first served basis. A non-refundable, non-transferrable tuition payment in the amount of $400 is due at booking. The remaining $400 in tuition is due the second week of lessons.
Medical Clearance

- Every student who participates in ISR Self-Rescue lessons must be medically approved by the ISR National Company. Medical history, review, and approval are completed online through the national ISR office. A one-time fee of $105 is incurred. For returning students, an annual re-registration fee of $40 is incurred.
Pre-Lesson Communication

- A couple of weeks before the start of lessons, you can expect a "What to Expect" email from Kate Finney with detailed directions, needed supplies, Policies, and tips.

FAQs

Will my child fear the water because of lessons?

There is an important difference between being fearful and being apprehensive because you are not yet skilled in a new environment. ISR is not like traditional swim lessons; it is a drowning prevention program that teaches survival swimming. Sometimes as a parent, you make choices for your child’s safety, like sitting in a car seat, because you know they are important. The same can be said for ISR. Fun can be defined as when skill meets challenge. Once competent in their skills, many children cannot be dragged away from the pool. They are having entirely too much FUN.

Will my child need additional lessons?

Based on our research, we know that refresher lessons are important because children change so much both cognitively and physically during the first 0-5 years of life. It is important that their water survival skills grow with their bodies. Frequency depends on the child's age, growth rate, skill level and confidence level. The goal of refresher lessons is to help your child adjust his/her new body size and weight to his/her existing skill level. Your instructor will work with your child to help fine-tune his or her aquatic experience to assist with building efficiency, which will result in self-confidence. This is especially important if your child has not been able to practice any appropriate aquatic skill between seasons.

Do you have children that just can’t learn the skills?

No. Every child can learn. It is my job to find the best way to communicate the information so that it makes sense to the child. I set your child up to be successful every time you bring them to me. I start where they are and through consistent lessons, we see progress.

Why don’t parents participate in the water during the lessons?

We do not want the baby to initially associate the water with the love, attention, and affection of the parent while in the water. Also, it takes incredible concentration and objectivity to teach the baby how to respond to an aquatic emergency and our experience shows that parents often find it too difficult to be objective to be effective teachers with their own children in the water. We gladly invite parents to join us in the pool once their child has independent skills to practice at home.

Download ISR's Family Aquatic Safety List to help protect your family from the hazards of an aquatic environment

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