Different minds learn differently, writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, these children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows parents and others who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns.
A Mind at a Time: America's Top Learning Expert Shows how Every Child Can Succeed FROM OUR EDITORS Using personal stories of clients he has treated, Dr. Mel Levine -- an expert in the field of child development and learning -- makes accessible the very complex workings of the brain and supplies ample ways in which parents and teachers can help children work past their limitations and enhance their strengths. Levine explains that each child is equipped with a different type of mind, one with its own strengths and weaknesses, and a child's failure to succeed in some aspect of schoolwork is actually a failure of teachers and parents to reach this child's particular strength. Through the book, the author hopes to motivate parents and teachers to recognize each child's individual talents and unique way of learning. The approach recommended here will enrich children's learning experiences and build their self-worth. FROM THE PUBLISHER "Different minds learn differently," writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known learning experts and pediatricians in America today. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all. Yet most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, many children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the way they are being taught. In his #1 New York Times bestseller A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows parents and those who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns, explaining how they can strengthen a child's abilities and either bypass or help overcome the child's weaknesses, producing positive results instead of repeated frustration and failure. Consistent progress can result when we understand that not every child can do equally well in every type of learning and begin to pay more attention to individual learning patterns — and individual minds — so that we can maximize children's success and gratification in life. In A Mind at a Time Dr. Levine shows us how.
FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly Worried about the growing tendency to medicate and attach stigmatizing labels (such as ADD) to problematic learners, Levine, cofounder of the nonprofit institute All Kinds of Minds, offers parents a heartening new model of learning based on his deep respect for the uniqueness of individual minds. Levine's soft-spoken reading style lends to the tapes a personal, compassionate and reassuring tone that would be lost in the written word, gently guiding parents to identify their child's strengths and weaknesses in any of eight neurodevelopmental systems, including attention, motor, memory, language and social thinking. Describing himself as "a pediatrician with a mission," Levine confirms the resiliency of children's minds to overcome dysfunction, bolstering his argument with more than 30 years worth of case studies, stories of his own struggle with fine motor function, plenty of indicative symptoms corresponding to each "system of the mind" and helpful teaching concepts and tips to enhance all learning patterns. Levine's recommendation for listeners to follow up with his book and Web site rings true parents unfamiliar with their child's specific issues may find themselves a bit out of their depth, as the scope of this abridged version is extensive. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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