In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the ...

PROVIDENCE – Concerned about drownings in Rhode Island, the state Department of Environmental Management wants to teach more children to swim, especially children who live in urban areas. As part of a ...

WORKWEEK. THE FORECAST FOR YOU AHEAD. THANKS, HALEY. A NEW MARKET WOMAN IS ABOUT TO HEAD TO CENTRAL AMERICA TO TEACH HER PASSION OF SWIMMING TO OTHERS. 26 YEAR OLD AUDREY DOBSON IS A SWIM INSTRUCTOR ...

NAVAJO DAM, N.M. — Turning tragedy into something positive. That’s what one family in the Four Corners has done after they lost their 6-year-old son in 2014. He drowned during a trip to Navajo Lake to ...

In honor of National Water Safety Month, Pool Scouts has partnered with the Hope Floats Foundation to donate more than 1,500 swim lessons for children living in poverty. Local Pool Scouts Owner, Shane ...

(WSVN) - A group in South Florida is making a splash when it comes to keeping children safe in the water, especially kids with special needs. 7’s Vanessa Medina introduces us to these lifesaving ...

Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers. Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, according to the Autism ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Summer is in full swing and many people are going to the pools with their children. Most, if not all, public pools have lifeguards watching swimmers, but it is always good to ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Tragedy has hit Central Virginia not once, but twice this week, with two young children dying after drowning in pools. Preventing drowning takes multiple layers of ...

DEAR HELOISE: We live in Arizona, and my husband wanted to put a pool in our backyard. I agreed only if all three kids learned to swim and my husband agreed to teach them. Three years after the pool ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a groundbreaking effort to close the water safety gap and equip children with a vital life skill, a new public-private partnership is launching a free swim instruction ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Experts are hosting a water safety event on Tuesday geared towards children who are on the autism spectrum. It's a crucial session following the death of 4-year-old Waeys Mohamed, a ...