Learn to Swim
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Infant Swim Lessons
ISR Self-Rescue skills can and do save lives. However, the number one defense against drowning of young children is effective supervision. Your child is not the only one who learns during lessons. Part of ISR’s comprehensive program involves education about specific ways you can protect your children from water hazards. ISR survival swimming techniques are an integral part of your families drowning prevention program. ISR lessons are 4-6 weeks in duration, Monday-Friday for no longer than 10 minutes a day. Each lesson is one-on-one and customized to the developmental level of each child. Babies who can crawl – generally six months to 12 months old– learn to hold their breath underwater, roll onto their back to float, rest and breathe. Children who can walk, generally one year of age and older (up to six years)– learn to hold their breath under water, swim with their head down and eyes open, roll onto their back to float, rest and breathe, and roll back over to resume swimming until they reach the side of the pool and can crawl out.
Since statistics show that 86% of all children who drown are fully clothed at the time, during the final week of lessons, while under the watchful eye of an Instructor, each of our students has the opportunity to practice their ISR Self-Rescue skills in both their summer and winter clothes.
For more information on finding an instructor in your area, please visit:
www.infantswim.com
Resources
A list of helpful resources, links, and downloads are below.
Drowning_Prevention_Coalition_of_El__Paso_Resources_2020_for_2.pdf
Drowning Prevention Month May 2022.
We have many educational materials that parents or teachers can use to teach water safety to students.
**Check Out Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DrowningPreventionCoalitionofElPaso and Web Page www.dpcelpaso.org
for activities you can use for your students in the classroom.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso each year hosts Drowning Prevention Week as a way to reach out to area school students, teachers and parents about the importance of water safety, learning to swim and the importance of these three simple yet powerful words, “Respect the Water”. The week culminates with May Day Hands Only CPR with the El Paso Fire Department and the Fire Training Academy at Ascarate Park.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso will host Drowning Prevention in May with virtual speakers emphasizing water safety and drowning prevention tips to elementary students in area schools as the swim season gets into high gear.
Please go online to www.dpcelpaso.org for info on Drowning Prevention Week/Month to download free handouts, brochures and water safety tips.
DPC Resources/Tips for Teachers
Kids Safety Tips
Drowning Prevention Tips by Eastwood High Swim Team-
DPC YouTube Water Safety Videos
10 Water Safety Lessons from Burleson Fire Dept
[Texas 2023 Drowning Statistics]{:target=”blank”} (http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Prevention_and_Early_Intervention/Child_Drownings/default.asp)
Pool Safely https://www.poolsafely.gov/
DROWNING PREVENTION SAFETY RULES
Download our water safety info! DPC Brochure
PARENTS
Downloads
SafeKids Water Safety Tips (https://www.safekids.org/watersafety)
TEACHERS
DOWNLOADS/DPC WATER SAFETY RESOURCES
DPC Resources/Tips for Teachers
DPC WATER SAFETY BROCHURE DPC BROCHURE
DPC ENGLISH/Spanish Rules Card Card English/Spanish Rules
Children’s Grief Center El Paso http://www.cgcelpaso.org/
Kid Safety Rules Safety Tips
Hands Only CPR
Drowning Prevention Month May.
We have many educational materials that parents or teachers can use to teach water safety to students.
**Check Out Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DrowningPreventionCoalitionofElPaso and Web Page www.dpcelpaso.org
for activities you can use for your students in the classroom.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso each year hosts Drowning Prevention Week as a way to reach out to area school students, teachers and parents about the importance of water safety, learning to swim and the importance of these three simple yet powerful words, “Respect the Water”. The week culminates with May Day Hands Only CPR with the El Paso Fire Department and the Fire Training Academy at Ascarate Park.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso will host Drowning Prevention in May with virtual speakers emphasizing water safety and drowning prevention tips to elementary students in area schools as the swim season gets into high gear.
Please go online to www.dpcelpaso.org for info on Drowning Prevention Week/Month to download free handouts, brochures and water safety tips.
DPC Resources/Tips for Teachers
Kids Safety Tips
Drowning Prevention Tips by Eastwood High Swim Team-
DPC YouTube Water Safety Videos
10 Water Safety Lessons from Burleson Fire Dept
[Texas 2022 Drowning Statistics]{:target=”blank”} (http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Prevention_and_Early_Intervention/Child_Drownings/default.asp)
Safe Kids
(https://www.safekids.org/watersafety
KIDS
Downloads
STATISTICS AND RESOURCES
- Drowning is the leading cause of death for infants and young children between the ages of 1-4 and second leading cause of injury-related death for children up to age 14.
- there is an average of 4,012 fatal unintentional drownings in the United States, per year. *Drowning remains among the top four causes of death from age 54 and up.
- Of all preschoolers who fatally drown, 70 percent are in the care of one or both parents at the time of the drowning and 75 percent are missing from sight for five minutes or less.
- For every 1 fatal childhood drowning, there is another 8 nonfatal drownings that are seen in the emergency Dept.
You can help us spread the word! Here are some helpful resources to use in your practice that can help educate families on the risks of drowning.
Drowning statistics provided by CDC, WHO,AAP.
Links
Drowning Prevention Month May.
We have many educational materials that parents or teachers can use to teach water safety to students.
**Check Out Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DrowningPreventionCoalitionofElPaso and Web Page www.dpcelpaso.org
for activities you can use for your students in the classroom.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso each year hosts Drowning Prevention Week as a way to reach out to area school students, teachers and parents about the importance of water safety, learning to swim and the importance of these three simple yet powerful words, “Respect the Water”. The week culminates with May Day Hands Only CPR with the El Paso Fire Department and the Fire Training Academy at Ascarate Park.
The Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso will host Drowning Prevention in May with virtual speakers emphasizing water safety and drowning prevention tips to elementary students in area schools as the swim season gets into high gear.
Please go online to www.dpcelpaso.org for info on Drowning Prevention Week/Month to download free handouts, brochures and water safety tips.
DPC Resources/Tips for Teachers
Kids Safety Tips
Drowning Prevention Tips by Eastwood High Swim Team-
DPC YouTube Water Safety Videos
10 Water Safety Lessons from Burleson Fire Dept
[Texas 2022 Drowning Statistics]{:target=”blank”} (http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Prevention_and_Early_Intervention/Child_Drownings/default.asp)
American Academy of Pediatrics 2019 New Policy
Policy Statement—Prevention of Drowning
Unintentional Drowning: Get the Facts
Protect the Ones You Love: Child Injuries are Preventable
AAP Gives Updated Advice on Drowning Prevention
Downloads
Policy Statement - Prevention of Drowning
Community Awareness in Respecting the Water