ISR CERTIFIED
​MASTER INSTRUCTORS

​My family and I built our home in Oviedo in 1999. My husband and I both grew up in Winter Park and graduated from Lake Howell High School.  Our twin boys, Lane and Wyatt are 29 years old.  I knew when my boys were in ISR lessons that I had to do this one day.  I was so impressed with their instructor, their skills, and the ISR program.  I have taught Infant Swimming Resource lessons for the past 26 years.  I am very passionate about keeping children safe in and around the water. I am  dedicated to the ISR mission that, "Not one more child drowns". In 2004  I  trained to become a Master Instructor  so that I could reach more children by training  new instructors.  I have trained several ISR Instructors in the area and also had the opportunity to travel throughout the country to train instructors.  If you didn't already notice, I love pictures!  I love to scrapbook as much as I can.

Experience:
In 1998 I trained to become an ISR Instructor.  At that time ISR was, Infant
Swimming Research.  I taught from our Casselberry home and at  Bob's Pools, while  our house in Oviedo was being built. 

From 1998-2008 I taught lessons at our home in Oviedo.

In 2008, I began traveling to train students and new instructors in Connecticut, Michigan, Missouri, and Texas.  
                
In 2009 I joined the Safe Start program at the YMCA of Central Florida.  Safe Start is the non for profit partner of Infant Swimming Resource.  With the Safe Start program I trained many students, instructors, and coordinated the instructor development program. 

 In 2012 we opened Safe Waters Swim School in Casseleberry, Fl. Our indoor facility was an amazing home for our little swimmers, which we closed in 2022.

I am now back to teaching at my home in Geneva, Fl., teaching the next generation of babies to rescue themselves from a drowning situation and a life long love of the water!

                      
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Dawn Tapscott
Certified ISR Master Instructor​

In 1998 my twin boys, Michael and David took ISR lessons with my friend, Michelle Nutter. I was so impressed with their swim float swim sequence and their aquatic self-rescue abilities; I knew I wanted to become an ISR Instructor! I was Certified in 2001 and was chosen and trained to be an ISR Master Instructor in 2004. Since that time, I have taught thousands of children ISR Self-Rescue skills. It was also important to me to help train ISR Instructors in different states so ISR would be available in more communities. I trained over 20 ISR Instructors locally and in NJ, NY, TX, IA, IL, WI and NE! I have over 20 years of experience teaching ISR Self-Rescue skills!

My passion is Drowning Prevention and I teach ISR full time!
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I am happily married and love the outdoors! We love to camp, kayak, snorkel, bike, hike, dance and travel! I also enjoy spending time with my three adult sons, Michael, David and Brandon.
(In case you were wondering, it's not a coincidence that  Dawn and I both have twin boys. We  became friends over 25 years ago through our  "Twins Club").