About
About ISR
Founded in 1966 by Dr. Harvey Barnett, Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is now the global leader in the industry it pioneered: survival swimming lessons for infants and young children. Our team of more than 1,000 Certified ISR Instructors in more than 20 countries provides the safest and most effective survival swimming lessons available. The ISR Self-Rescue instruction our students receive today is the product of more than 50 years of research and development and has resulted in more than 15 million safe lessons worldwide.
ISR believes that pool fences, supervision, and pool alarms are important parts of a necessary multi-layered approach to drowning prevention. However, traditional lines of defense break down, and the over 4,000 drowning deaths per year bear a grim testament to the fact that traditional approaches are missing a key component: the child. ISR’s core conviction is that the child is the most important part of a drowning prevention strategy.
Children are curious, capable, and have an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles like pool fences; at ISR we take that ability and teach them skills to potentially save themselves if they find themselves in the water alone.
Meet Miss Crystal
Welcome to my website and thank you for your interest in ISR lessons! My husband, Chris & I are proud parents to Ivy Rose (10/15/2014), Clark Everett (11/10/2017), and Carter Clinton (4/28/2019). All three of our kids started ISR lessons as infants. I love watching them further develop & strengthen their skills year after year!
A little about me and why I do what I do. I first learned about ISR approximately 20 years ago. Growing up in both Tucson and Las Vegas has had me around pools my entire life. I took survival swim lessons at age 1, then moved on to swim team at age 5, and I've pretty much been swimming ever since. I know firsthand how it feels to have been given the gift of survival swimming at a young age and have always felt very naturally comfortable and safe in/around water. It's been second nature my whole life, thanks to my parents! In addition, when my four older siblings all started having children, they searched for the best lessons they could find. The conclusion quickly became ISR. As each of my 15 nieces and nephews were born, they were put into ISR Self-Rescue lessons. I saw firsthand how well the ISR program worked for my family, especially since one niece saved her own life with the skills she was taught. I was so intrigued that I went and watched the lessons for myself in Tucson. It was amazing what the ISR Instructor could do with such a small child. So, in 2010, I decided I wanted to become an ISR Instructor and be a part of this fantastic team! Soon after, I went through the intensive training and academic curriculum to become a Certified ISR Instructor. The experience was truly amazing, and I have endless confidence in our teachings. Every child should have this opportunity, for it truly is a priceless gift. I am so honored to work with the children that come to me and know that I've made a difference in their future safety in and around water. I encourage anyone curious about ISR to come observe a lesson. Let it speak for itself!
-Crystal (Clausen) Grivas, Certified ISR Instructor and Owner ISR Las Vegas
Is your swim instructor a Certified ISR Instructor?
There are many instructors who say they teach ISR techniques, however, unless they are listed on the ISR Instructor locator on the official ISR website and meet the criteria below, they are NOT Certified ISR Instructors.
All Certified ISR Instructors:
Have an email address ending in @infantswim.com
Can provide parents with a copy of their current ISR Certificate for review
Offer lessons five consecutive days per week, for a maximum of 10 minutes each day
Will require your child to be registered through ISR’s Online Registration Process and approved to begin lessons by our Registration Evaluation Team (approval email will come from an email address ending in @infantswim.com)
Can be found on the instructor locator at locator.infantswim.com