
Infant Swimming Resource
Now accepting registration for evening session 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Lessons begin January 9, 2012
AtlantiCare LifeCenter
2500 English Creek Ave, Egg Harbor Twp
The Harrah’s Regional Trauma Center at AtlantiCare
Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is partnering with Infant
Swimming Resource (ISR) to offer a drowning prevention program to our community.
The aquatic self-rescue™ instruction is for children six months to six
years of age and is offered at the AtlantiCare LifeCenter.

INTRODUCING ANNMARIE KERSTETTER
AtlantiCare would like to introduce the newest member of the AtlantiCare-ISR
team: Annmarie Kerstetter, a graduate of The Richard Stockton College of New
Jersey, and a lifelong resident of Ventnor. Annmarie is an ISR Certified Instructor
which includes certification in CPR and First Aid.

Email: infantswim@atlanticare.org

TECHNIQUE
ISR uses both verbal and non-verbal cues to teach children as young as 6 months.
Even though your child might not communicate verbally yet, he or she can learn
to self-rescue. Remember, your child may not talk, but he or she has learned
to crawl, walk and run. That is the only skill they need to find themselves
in water danger.
Unlike other swimming lessons your child’s self-rescue lessons:
- Are customized and taught one-on-one by a certified ISR instructor
- Last for 10 minutes, Monday through Friday for 4 to 6 weeks
- Emphasize health, ongoing program evaluations and parent education
- Provide your child with the competence and confidence to safely enjoy the
water
- Extensive parent education on safety in and around the water


PROGRAM
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AtlantiCare
is the first healthcare organization to offer Infant Swimming Resource
self-rescue™ classes |
The Rollback-to-Float Program teaches babies 6 to 12 months:
- To hold their breath underwater
- To roll onto their back
- To float unassisted, rest and breathe until help arrives
- To perform these self-rescue skills first in a swim diaper, then while
fully clothed
The Swim-Float-Swim Program teaches children 1 to 6 years:
- To hold their breath underwater
- Swim with their head down
- Roll onto their back to float, rest, and breathe
- Roll back over to resume swimming until they reach the side of the pool,
crawl out or be rescued by an adult
- To perform these self-rescue skills first in a swim diaper, then while
fully clothed

SAFETY
ISR's safety record and proven instruction techniques are uniquely tailored
to your child's needs based on comprehensive assessment and continual monitoring
of your child's health and skill attainment, by certified ISR instructors.
For your child's well-being and comfort, prior to each lesson you receive
BUDS (bowel, urine, diet, sleep) forms. This sheet tracks the unique physiology
of your child, including bowel movements, frequency of urination, diet and meal-times,
and the duration of every sleep episode in a 24-hour period.
Before each lesson, your ISR instructor will review the BUDS sheet and ask
you further questions if necessary, and then individualize the lesson for your
child. If your instructor feels any of these key measurements are not as they
should be, your child's lesson will not take place. The BUDS sheet ensures your
child learns in a healthy and safe environment.


LESSONS
Lessons are held five days a week, Monday through Friday, averaging 4-6 weeks
to complete either the Rollback-to-Float or Swim-Float-Swim program.
Refresher/Maintenance Lessons
In subsequent seasons, it is recommended that students enroll in refresher lessons.
Refresher instruction will sharpen and refine skills for each child, reacclimate
him or her to skills learned when their body was smaller and in a different
stage of development. Between the ages of four and seven, students often move
on to comparable aquatic programs which teach side breathing and the traditional
swimming strokes.
National Registration and Weekly Fees apply.
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AtlantiCare's
Infant Swimming Resource self-rescue™ classes are held at the AtlantiCare
LifeCenter in Egg Harbor Township |


LOCATION
AtlantiCare LifeCenter
2500 English Creek Avenue
Egg Harbor Twp, NJ
Call 1-888-569-1000 for upcoming lesson schedule!
For additional information on ISR visit www.infantswim.com

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