The water temperature must be between 78 and 86 degrees F. Parents are not used as Instructors. Extensive education and emphasizing the need for constant adult supervision and adequate fencing and CPR training is provided. It is stressed that no child is ever to be considered drownproofed regardless of his or her swimming ability. Floating is the ability to lie on ones back in the water. It is a survival ability only if the child can attain the float from any orientation, then maintain the float and breathe.
Swimming is the ability to propel one's body through the water.
It is a survival ability only if it enables the child to attain the edge of the pool and take a breath. Attaining the edge is the ability to reach for, grasp and hold onto the side of the pool. It is a survival ability only if the child can get his face above the water and breathe. Students of Dr. Harvey Barnett's Infant Swimming Research Program in Orlando Florida were the subjects of this study. The study was conducted during four sessions of regular ISR classes.