ISR Oahu

ISR parents are intelligent and enroll their children because they understand their children's abilities and want to give them every opportunity to learn. With drowning being the leading cause of death for children 1-4 years old, parent's also feel it is important to teach their children how to help themselves should they find themselves alone in the water. Research shows that there are better times to learn certain things and swimming is best learned early in life. (Newsweek and Drowning Statistics)

Every child is unique. However, many parents report that once their young children have mastered learning to swim, the resulting confidence in their abilities engenders a positive self-concept that is often demonstrated in other aspects of their personalities. This makes your child more open to trying new and challenging things. There are also obvious health and other psychological gains.

ISR instructors teach infants to swim by honoring each child's individual strengths and experiences. They understand the fundamentals of the behavioral sciences, child development and of sensori-motor learning as it relates to the acquisition of aquatic survival skills; they use this education to guide each child through the sequence of learning to swim and float.

The retention rate of ISR Survival Skills is 94-100% up to one year following lessons. Having said this, children will explore and may pick up bad habits watching other children or with interference like floating in a bathtub or playing on the steps. As your child goes through lessons, you will begin to understand, through communication with your Instructor, what activities may interfere with their learned Self-Rescue skills. Contacting and/or returning to your instructor in a timely manner is imperative to maintaining effective habits.

Children often fuss and cry during the first couple weeks of lessons because they are in a new environment, learning new skills and around new instructor. As your child becomes more confident in their abilities in the water, the fussing will decrease and in most cases fully stop. It is like the first time you tried a new exercise class, or were asked to perform a task at work that you'd never done before: the first time you try a new task it is always challenging, until you get the hang of it. It is the same for your young child. We ISR Instructors believe that the benefits, gaining life-saving skills, outweighs the crying. Also is good for a child to learn and master a challenging skill. As they get older they will experience new and challenging things and mastering new things builds confidence but also makes your child more open to trying new things.

There is an important difference between being fearful and being apprehensive. Fear is learn based and a child that does have true fear is those very few that have had a tramatic or near drawing experience. Will your child be a little nervous or anxious initially? The answer will most likely be yes. This is because they trying something new and challenging and they 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 fully skilled and competent in their skills, many children cry when they have to get out or leave the pool. With hardwork, tears and challenges and comes great things. Have your child master a life-saving skill with confidence is all worth it in the end!