YOUR INVESTMENT

All students MUST register with Infant Swimming Resource before starting lessons. This $105 registration fee is non-refundable and is paid directly to Infant Swimming Resource. During registration, you will complete a series of yes/no questions regarding your child’s development and medical history. This information is reviewed by ISR’s Registration Evaluation Team, composed of pediatric nurses, to help ensure the safest lesson experience possible for your child. A registration link will be provided once you have secured a spot on our schedule.

Weekly Investment is $150 per week and is separate from the ISR registration fee. Tuition is paid directly to your instructor and is not included in the $105 registration fee.

A cartoon blue seal wearing a green shirt with 'ISR' on it, making a peace sign with its hand.
A cartoon blue seal wearing a green shirt with 'ISR' on it, making a peace sign with its hand.

Initial Session

This is for new students who have never been in the ISR program. Dependent upon age and skill level, students will learn either a Rollback to Float or our Swim Float Swim Sequence. This session lasts approximately 7-8 weeks, Monday through Thursday (4 days a week), with 10-minute lessons per day. Please inquire about lesson fees.

All lessons are student-dependent, which means we never release a student until they can self-rescue in some way, regardless of the time frame. 

Refresher Session

If it’s been over a year, it's time to update your child’s medical registration, which currently costs $40. Why do we need you to update this? A lot can change since the last time we saw your child, and we want to continue to provide the safest lesson possible. Please inquire about lesson fees. 

Refresher lessons are suggested every six months. As children grow, their skills will need to be adjusted to their new height and weight.

Maintenance Session

After finishing the initial set of ISR's Self-Rescue® program, you may find you want your child in the water with us. Maintenance lessons are used to keep your child’s skills fine-tuned and sharp so that they don’t develop any “bad habits”. Please inquire about lesson fees.

These are not the same as Refreshers and are used to keep them in the water using their skills appropriately with an Instructor. 

Note: In selecting a lesson type and confirming a selected Time Slot, a Non-Refundable prepayment must be made.

Have You Visited Our FAQ Page?

Looking for more information about ISR Lessons, scheduling, what to expect, or your child’s self-rescue journey? Our FAQ page is packed with answers to the questions parents ask most often.

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Logo of ISR Pearland TX - Melissa Kerlegan, featuring a cartoon blue seal with a green shirt with the text 'ISR', surrounded by water and a circular border with the text 'Self-Rescue Swim Less'.
  • Lessons are given in my private backyard pool in Pearland, Texas. The pool is a chlorine pool, heated, and in the shade.

    Lessons are 4 days/week (Mon-Thurs), a maximum of 10 minutes per day, for an average of 7-8 weeks.

    Lessons are always one-on-one, between the instructor and child. ISR does not offer group lessons since each lesson is customized to each child. The parent(s) or caregiver sits poolside.

    Your child will not graduate until they have mastered the ISR Skills.

    Please visit the FAQ page for more details.

  • ISR has been researched and developed for almost 60 years. It is globally recognized as the safest swim program for infants and children. Your child will learn life-saving skills that traditional lessons do not provide.

    1) ISR teaches your child to SWIM with their face in the water. We use absolutely no flotation devices (noodles, swim barbells, puddle jumpers, etc.). When a child finds themselves in the water alone, they are typically not holding on to any type of flotation device. We teach your child to be totally independent in the water.

    2) ISR teaches your child to float on their back when they need to take a rest and breath. Being horizontal, on one’s back, is the survival position. A child can not continuously tread water without getting tired. Being vertical, and bouncing up-and-down in the water, is considered the drowning position. We teach a child to be completely horizontal, while resting on their back.

    3) Many parents seek ISR after spending hundreds of dollars on traditional swim programs, frustrated because their child doesn’t have any discernible skills after weeks, months, or even years of lessons.

    4) You end up spending more money over time on traditional lessons that are taught by former high school swimmers or college students trying to make some spending money over the summer.

    5) Every ISR instructor undergoes 8 weeks of intense training. Hands on, in the pool with an ISR Master Instructor and students, learning the ISR method. For 8 weeks, we are in the pool 5x per week for several hours a day, for a minimum of 60 hours with ACTUAL students. In addition, we receive extensive hours of academic training in anatomy, physiology, child psychology, behavior and development, sensorimotor learning, and how each relates to the aquatic environment. Every instructor also maintains CPR and First Aid certifications, as well as annual recertification and testing to maintain our ISR certification and skills.

    Lastly, if you add up what you’d spend in a traditional swim program for a few weeks during the summer – where your child leaves the class with little to no skills – and then multiply that by every summer until they are 6 years old, this program costs significantly less and the value is infinitely greater.

  • The success of ISR training relies heavily on consistent attendance

    Lessons missed by the family are not typically credited or made-up because lessons are priced by the timeslot. For extenuating circumstances or prolonged illness (that requires a medical update) lessons may be credited for another lesson.

    If I personally need to cancel for any reason, then you are not charged.

    If needed, Fridays could be used as makeup days depending on circumstances.

    It is important to note that each child finishes the course at their own pace. (But they all do master it!) When planning for duration of lessons, especially if there are absences, it helps to count days, rather than weeks. For example, to gauge an approximate end date, rather than planning out “6 calendar weeks,” it helps to count out “30 lesson days” instead. Regardless, all children will come to lessons until they are completely ISR Skilled.

    I understand that life events happen, but consistent attendance is crucial for skill development. Please plan your schedule accordingly to maximize your child's learning experience

  • Please click HERE to schedule lessons.

    The confirmation email and subsequent emails will come from m.kerlegan@infantswim.com, so make sure that address is in your safe sender’s list (it often gets marked as spam)!

    PLEASE make sure you have read the details and the commitment required for these lessons! The FAQ section is very valuable!

  • I will move a currently scheduled child to start early before I pull one off the waitlist. So if all you’re wanting is to start sooner, then go ahead and get on my schedule. I can’t guarantee we will start early, but there is a chance.

    Please put your name on the waitlist if you do not see anything that fits your schedule or if there is no availibilty for the time you need. Things do change and I would love to work your child in if possible. 

    If you are flexible with start dates and times, which may mean coming at a different time each week, please email me (m.kerlegan@infantswim.com) and I may be able to work your child in.