Additional Information on Drowning Prevention
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS DOCTORS: OK TO TEACH TODDLERS TO SWIM
May 24, 2010 - The largest group of doctors is finally changing its tune when it comes to teaching toddlers how to swim. The American Academy of Pediatrics has always recommended swim lessons for children ages four and older but now says it's open to classes for younger kids, too. New evidence shows children ages one to four may be less likely to drown if they've hadlessons.http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100524-doctors%3A-ok-to-teach-toddlers-to-swim
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ISR FEATURED ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA
ABC - July 1, 2009 - Infant Swimming Resource would like to thank ABC
and Good Morning America for the segment that was broadcast on
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009. We would especially like to thank Summer
Sanders and senior producer Brian O'Keefe, for their professionalism
and willingness to address this topic in such a way that it will
doubtlessly save little lives. It was very encouraging when Summer put
on her suit and got in the water to see first-hand what an ISR student
can do in the water both to rollback and float and to perform the
swim-float-swim sequence while fully clothed. As a mother of two small
children and being around water as much as their family is, Summer
indicated how valuable these skills are. The entire crew including the
underwater and surface camera man Blake Hottle and sound man Scott
Osterman were an absolute pleasure to work with. We thought it might be
of interest to you to see some of the "behind the scenes" pictures and
some of the families and children who participated in the taping but
were not shown in the final piece. We would like to thank them and the
ISR Instructors who participated, Caroline Espy, Holly Nelson, Tracy
Garlanger, Annette Goldman, Colleen Haas and Krista Raimondi who was
in-water during the taping. We would like to thank Chelsea Bryan for
sharing her Class I survival story about her son who, after only five
lessons, saved himself from drowning in a hot tub. Thanks also to
Debbie Smith for her continued support of ISR for 15 years. All five of
her children are former ISR students and her twins are currently in ISR
lessons. She graciously hosted the entire event and allowed us to
utilize her home pool for the Good Morning America shoot. Finally
this... we would like to thank ABC for including the ISR message of
Constant Eyes On (CEO) supervision and the need for using a consistent
bathing suit in color and type on a child while at the beach and other
outside the home aquatic activities. These, along with other vital ISR
safety recommendations, can be found on the ISR Aquatic Safety
Checklist.
Summer Sanders with the Robinson's and Dr. Barnett
Summer Sanders and Dr. Harvey Barnett with Elizabeth
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14, 2008
Infant Swimming Resources featured on the Today Show with Matt Lauer.