Welcome to ISR Shelby Stephens
Located in Friendswood, TX
Water accidents can happen in an instant. Protect your child now.
ISR Shelby specializes in life-saving swim lessons for children aged 6 months to 6+ years in the Texas Gulf Coast. Empower your child with competence, confidence, and aquatic safety skills with ISR Self-Rescue.
What is ISR?
Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is the global leader in survival swimming instruction, teaching life-saving self-rescue skills to children 6 months to 6 years old. With over 55 years of research and development and the industry's highest safety standards, we've delivered more than 19 million lessons, helping children build both safety skills and confidence in the water.
Our mission is clear: "Not One More Child Drowns." While we strongly advocate for pool fences, alarms, and active adult supervision, we recognize that these traditional safety measures aren't enough on their own. ISR's innovative approach puts children at the center of drowning prevention. With over 450,000 graduates and hundreds of documented survival stories, we've proven that children can learn to save themselves.
Our method works because we understand that children are naturally curious and capable. Rather than rely solely on barriers, we equip them with the skills they need if they ever find themselves in water alone. We transform that natural curiosity into life-saving capability, creating confident swimmers and peace of mind for parents.
It only takes a second…
A moment’s inattention should not cost a child their life. Give your child the proven skills to protect themselves in and around water.
Meet Your Instructor
My name is Shelby Stephens, I was born and raised in Friendswood, TX, and I am so excited to serve my community!
My ISR journey started with our middle child. I was pregnant and we had a pool in the backyard. Our oldest daughter took years to get confident or, more importantly, competent in the water, and we just hadn't found a program comparable to ISR yet. I knew I had to do something different for our son. I had found a local instructor and communicated with her to get into lessons before he was even born! We started him in the ISR program at eight months old. After he completed his first session, he was able to roll back to his float while crying. ALL. BY. HIMSELF. This is the difference between ISR and any other program out there. Within seconds my baby boy could get into his float. If he were to ever find himself in a situation where he needed to use this life-saving skill, he had it! I was hooked on the program. The following year he was learning to swim. For four years, I was religious about refreshers. His progress every year was just awesome to watch. After a few years, I was asked if I would be interested in becoming an ISR Instructor, and I jumped at the amazing opportunity.
My husband and I have 3 children Tori (18), Cole (9) & Hazel (3). Our younger two children are both ISR babies.
Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages one to four. As parents, we all know that there are sometimes just seconds that our kids get away from us quicker than we even realize they are gone. That's all it takes y'all. It's scary. Supervision and a skilled little one are the most portable lines of defense against drowning. So let's do something about it.
The sooner, the safer!
-Shelby Stephens, Certified ISR Instructor
“Supervision has a problem in that every time their child doesn't drown, parents think their drowning prevention strategy is working.
Luck is not a strategy.”
— Dr. Harvey Barnett, Founder of Infant Swimming Resource