Welcome to Adrienne Burke's Infant Self-Rescue Lessons in San Jose
Welcome to Adrienne Burke's ISR swim lessons in the heart of San Jose's serene Via Ramada neighborhood. As a dedicated ISR-certified instructor, I believe that swimming is not only a valuable skill but also a critical life-saving tool for your child. With over a year of experience and a patient, nurturing approach, I am committed to equipping your little one with the confidence and skills to thrive in the water.
At our peaceful location, I offer personalized, one-on-one lessons that focus on water safety, survival skills, and stroke development. Each session is tailored to your child's unique needs and abilities, ensuring a positive and effective learning experience. Let's work together to empower your child with the life-saving gift of swimming. Join me, Adrienne Burke, and let's embark on this exciting aquatic journey together.
At our peaceful location, I offer personalized, one-on-one lessons that focus on water safety, survival skills, and stroke development. Each session is tailored to your child's unique needs and abilities, ensuring a positive and effective learning experience. Let's work together to empower your child with the life-saving gift of swimming. Join me, Adrienne Burke, and let's embark on this exciting aquatic journey together.
FAQs
How is it that babies can learn to respond to the danger of water when they fall in?
A baby does not need to perceive danger or be afraid to respond appropriately to being underwater. If a
baby has learned to roll over and float when he needs air, he doesn't need to perceive danger in order to
respond in this manner. He needs skill, practice and confidence to calmly deal with the situation.
Why are lessons 5 days per week and for only 10 minutes?
The reason for this is multifaceted. First, repetition and consistency are crucial elements of learning for
young children. Research shows that short, more frequent lessons result in higher retention. Second,
most children have fairly short attention spans and will not be able to focus on the task for longer and
we want to take advantage of the best time for learning. A third reason is that, though the pool
temperature is maintained at 78-88 degrees, the temperature is still lower than your child's body
temperature. Lessons are work and therefore will also be losing body heat. Instructors check students
regularly for temperature fatigue since this is an indicator of physical fatigue.
Can you really teach a child who is not verbal how to swim?
Yes. Consider that children learn to sit, crawl and walk before they learn to speak. Because we teach
through sensori-motor learning, verbal skills are not required for a child to acquire Self-Rescue skills. We
are able to communicate with our students through touch and positive reinforcement while striving to
set our students up for success every step of the way.
Why don’t parents participate in the water during the lessons?
We do not want the baby to initially associate the water with the love, attention, and affection of the
parent while in the water. Also, it takes incredible concentration and objectivity to teach the baby how to
respond to an aquatic emergency and our experience shows that parents often find it too difficult to be
objective to be effective teachers with their own children in the water. We gladly invite parents to join us
in the pool once their child has independent skills to practice at home.
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