ISR Manteca

Specialties

Our Program

ISR is recognized as the world’s safest provider of survival swimming lessons for children 6 months to 6 years of age. ISR designed its proprietary methodology for you: parents who are dedicated to their child’s safety, education, and developmental needs. We have invested over 45 years in your child’s ability to play safety in and around the water, while lowering the risk of drowning, because we recognize that parents need their children to feel comfortable around the water. With a focus on safe, customized, one-​on-​one training delivered exclusively by certified Instructors, ISR’s Self-​Rescue™ lessons emphasize health, continuous program evaluations, and parent education unlike any other swim instruction program.

History

Established in 1966.

Founded by Harvey Barnett, Ph. D, in 1966, ISR endeavored to put an end to a preventable tragedy…

childhood drowning. Barnett witnessed the aftermath of this tragedy after a neighbor’s 9-​month-​old son reached the water alone. From that point on, Barnett vowed to do everything possible to ensure that Not One More Child Drowns. A behavioral scientist by trade, Barnett adapted his theoretical knowledge of learning to pioneer ISR’s Self-​Rescue™ method, which is used today to teach infants and young children to save themselves should they reach the water alone. Fortunately, what began as one man’s mission has transformed into a worldwide organization that is continually making large strides towards the day that Not One More Child Drowns. To date, ISR has more than 800 documented cases of children using ISR’s survival swimming techniques to save themselves from drowning.

Meet the Business Owner

Jamie S.

Business Owner

Hello! I live in Manteca but I am originally from Fremont California. I am happily married and a proud mother of two beautiful children.

I became an ISR Instructor after watching my daughter and the children in her class effectively learn the ISR Self-​Rescue™ skills. I feel this is important life-​saving training and education and I would like to make this program more available to my community.

I have met parents who have lost children due to drowning. My 6 year old cousin drowned in a lake. I had another nephew, 2 years of age, who quickly escaped his mother’s supervision and jumped into a crowed pool. Luckily, an onlooker saw this and ran to his rescue. If it were not for him, I am certain he would have drowned.

Drowning is usually silent.

I want to give children the skills they need to help save their lives, learn to respect yet enjoy the water and spare their parents the profound heartbreak of loosing a child to these highly preventable deaths