Safety Protocols
Infant Swimming Resource has numerous safety
protocols to protect our students. We are committed to providing the safest and most efficient lessons possible. Through extensive instructor education and strict adherence to safety protocols this technique has provided millions of safe lessons.
National Registration
The national registration process is a screening tool for
each child to ensure they will benefit from and can safely participate in
lessons. This information is submitted and reviewed by a team of doctors and nurses. In some cases the instructor will be provided additional directions and protocols to ensure the safest possible lesson for each individual student.
BUDS Sheets
Each lesson will honor the unique physiology of the student. Therefore, instructors ask parents to
complete the BUDS sheet so that we may monitor bowel, urine, diet and sleep.
This information provides the instructor with possible interferences that may
affect lessons. ISR asks that parents do not feed the student for 1½ hours
prior to lessons. No one works well on a full stomach and children are no
different.
10 minutes per day lesson
The children will be working hard during this time and they will be
tired. Since most younger children do not engage in many activities for longer
than ten minutes, ISR takes advantage of the prime learning span and does not
exceed that. Past 10 minutes the children would lose focus and would not
retain as much.
Monitoring Fatigue
ISR monitors students for temperature fatigue. This is a
preindicator of physical fatigue. This allows the instructor to know how to
proceed throughout the course of the lesson.
Hand out after lesson
At the conclusion of the lesson, the instructor will lay the child on their towels on their left side.
This will allow the child to rest for a few minutes and will also allow for any air that was swallowed to escape more easily.
In addition, this allows the student's blood to flow more freely.
Water and Air Temperature
The water temperature at Aqua Tots is typically 86 degrees F. For safety the water must
be between 78 degrees and 88 degrees. Below 78 degrees, students lose body
heat too rapidly and experience temperature fatigue quickly. Water temperature
over 88 degrees can cause dehydration. The ISR pool chemistry is checked frequently and the
pool is a salt water system.
protocols to protect our students. We are committed to providing the safest and most efficient lessons possible. Through extensive instructor education and strict adherence to safety protocols this technique has provided millions of safe lessons.
National Registration
The national registration process is a screening tool for
each child to ensure they will benefit from and can safely participate in
lessons. This information is submitted and reviewed by a team of doctors and nurses. In some cases the instructor will be provided additional directions and protocols to ensure the safest possible lesson for each individual student.
BUDS Sheets
Each lesson will honor the unique physiology of the student. Therefore, instructors ask parents to
complete the BUDS sheet so that we may monitor bowel, urine, diet and sleep.
This information provides the instructor with possible interferences that may
affect lessons. ISR asks that parents do not feed the student for 1½ hours
prior to lessons. No one works well on a full stomach and children are no
different.
10 minutes per day lesson
The children will be working hard during this time and they will be
tired. Since most younger children do not engage in many activities for longer
than ten minutes, ISR takes advantage of the prime learning span and does not
exceed that. Past 10 minutes the children would lose focus and would not
retain as much.
Monitoring Fatigue
ISR monitors students for temperature fatigue. This is a
preindicator of physical fatigue. This allows the instructor to know how to
proceed throughout the course of the lesson.
Hand out after lesson
At the conclusion of the lesson, the instructor will lay the child on their towels on their left side.
This will allow the child to rest for a few minutes and will also allow for any air that was swallowed to escape more easily.
In addition, this allows the student's blood to flow more freely.
Water and Air Temperature
The water temperature at Aqua Tots is typically 86 degrees F. For safety the water must
be between 78 degrees and 88 degrees. Below 78 degrees, students lose body
heat too rapidly and experience temperature fatigue quickly. Water temperature
over 88 degrees can cause dehydration. The ISR pool chemistry is checked frequently and the
pool is a salt water system.
