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ISR Certified Instructor since 2005
Heartsaver First Aid, CPR & AED Certified
Child CPR/AED & Infant CPR Certified

Yvonne Mouser Water-Safety Instructor in Oviedo, Florida

Welcome! My name is Yvonne Mouser, and I have been a Certified ISR Instructor for 21 years now and I absolutely love what I do! I was born and raised in the former Panama Canal Zone in the Republic of Panama. I moved to the states to attend College in Ada, Oklahoma where I received my B.S. Degree in Cartography. After earning my degree I moved to Oviedo, FL and worked in the mapping field for 10 years. After my oldest daughter was born I looked into ISR, but didn't have the time to enroll her in lessons due to my work schedule and long commute to Lake County, FL.

One day she was walking along our pool steps and fell in right next to my husband. We had been discussing ISR lessons for our daughter and it was this event that convinced us to enroll her with ISR. So, that summer after my second daughter was born I enrolled my older daughter right away with ISR. As I took both my two year old and new born baby along to lessons everyday I was amazed how she progressed in her skills day by day with her instructor. This is when I started to realize the extreme differences between ISR's Self-Rescue™ lessons and American Red Cross swim lessons for this age. I look back now and think how uninformed I was as a new mom and even with my past certification as a Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor with the American Red Cross.

It is because of my daughters, I decided to change my career path to become a Certified Instructor with ISR and to help promote community awareness. I realized that I could not only be home with my children to see them grow up, but still have a career that I saw a passion for and could make a difference in other families lives. So, I left my full time career as a GIS Manager with Lake County, FL and trained to become an Instructor with ISR. While training with ISR, I was able to enroll my 10-month-old baby, as a Floater in the program. Having both of my girls skilled in ISR's Self-Rescue lessons and now being trained as a Certified Instructor it became my mission to see the day that "Not One More Child Drowns".

I would like to thank you for visiting my personal website and reading my story. Please visit the rest of my site for more information about ISR and the lifesaving lessons we offer. I look forward to hearing from you soon and teaching your child to become a competent and confident Self-Rescue swimmer!

FAQs

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.

Will my child need additional lessons?

Based on our research, we know that refresher lessons are important because children change so much both cognitively and physically during the first 0-5 years of life. It is important that their water survival skills grow with their bodies. Frequency depends on the child's age, growth rate, skill level and confidence level. The goal of refresher lessons is to help your child adjust his/her new body size and weight to his/her existing skill level. Your instructor will work with your child to help fine-tune his or her aquatic experience to assist with building efficiency, which will result in self-confidence. This is especially important if your child has not been able to practice any appropriate aquatic skill between seasons.

What other benefits does the ISR lesson experience provide students?

Every child is unique. However, many parents report that once their young children have mastered learning to swim, the resulting confidence in their abilities engenders a positive self-concept that is often demonstrated in other aspects of their personalities. There are also obvious health and other psychological gains.

Is it the baby fat that makes them float?

Actually, the primary factor in a baby’s ability to float is the ability to take air into the lungs. To maintain this access to air, the child must adjust his/her posture. The difference in positioning for an adult can be inches. For a baby, this adjustment is reduced to centimeters. If a child’s body posture is just a few centimeters off, it can make the difference between the face being submerged or the child having access to air.

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