Infant Swimming Resource Recognizes National Water Safety Month with These 'Water Safety Tips'

Nine Tips for Protecting Your Child In and Around the Water
WINTER PARK, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
Infant Swimming Resource (ISR), the safest provider of self-rescue swimming
lessons for babies and toddlers from six months to six years old, announces the
following tips to help families protect their young children in and around the
water this Summer.

Tips to protect children from water dangers:

(Remember water areas include pools, hot tubs, rivers, retention ponds, ditches
and flooded areas)

1. Effective Supervision - the most important defense. Never turn your back on
your child around water. It takes just minutes for him/her to be in serious
trouble.

2. Pool Safety. Covered pools and hot tubs can be a serious oversight for
well-meaning parents. Make sure they are appropriately secured, year-round,
with:

-- Pool alarms and doorway alarms that access outdoor water areas.

-- Permanent pool fencing with a self-latching gate.

-- Door and window locks for pool access areas (locks must be out of the child`s
reach).

-- Double check locks and make sure pool security devices work. Safety gates are
deterrents but not a sole defense.

3. Self-rescueTM Skills. If the above defense measures fail, your baby needs to
know skills for self-rescue should she find herself in the water alone. ISR
emphasizes water self-rescue skills as a comprehensive water-safety plan for
young children. ISR has successfully trained more than 175,000 babies and
toddlers with a 100 percent safety and survival rate, zero injuries and 788
documented cases of a child using ISR techniques to save their own life.

4. Educate Others. Nannies, grandparents, neighbors and caregivers should know
year-round water-safety tips and have appropriately installed security devices
where relevant.

5. Store All Toys. Toys are tempting; never leave them outside around water
areas.

6. Keep a phone by the pool. To be used for emergencies only.

7. Aim pool jets toward the pool`s shallow end. This creates a current that can
guide a baby toward the steps to exit the pool.

8. Keep water levels full. This helps your child reach the elevated ledge and
either get out of the pool or hold on and call for help.

9. No Diving Boards. Diving boards pose countless injury risks to young
children.

About Infant Swimming Resource

Founded in 1966, Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is nationally recognized as the
safest provider of swimming lessons for children six months to six years of age.
With a passionate focus on baby swimming safety, and as the nation`s only
behaviorally-based swim instruction program, ISR designed its program for
parents who are dedicated to their child`s safety, education and developmental
needs. Our emphasis on ensuring that not one more child drowns is founded on Dr.
Harvey Barnett`s self-rescue training, proven to help young children survive in
a drowning scenario. ISR`s nationwide network of highly qualified, certified
Instructors has successfully trained more than 175,000 babies and toddlers and
delivered more than seven million lessons with a 100 percent safety and survival
rate, with zero injuries and 788 documented cases of a child`s 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.

Infant Swimming
Melody Callaway, 720-939-0476
m.callaway@infantswim.com

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