SEATTLE/ Conservative Monitor -- The education system is a huge bureaucratic organization, subject to inefficiencies and the need for standardization. It therefor has developed, in general, a teaching style that caters to a few students with a certain style of learning. Yet there are many learning styles and tailoring education methods to meet these learning styles allows almost any student to excel.

General Patton was dyslexic and a precocious child - he could not even read until he was ten years old. He was kept out of schools and taught at home by his doting parents and tutors. His learning style was intuited and his needs met. The result was one of the greatest generals of the 20th century. In the modern public schools, Patton would likely have been "labeled" and shunted aside for the sake of more promising students.

"Discover Your Child's Learning Style" is a book designed to help parents and teachers. The writing team of Willis and Hodson, experienced educators and administrators, present a method whereby a child's learning style can be determined. Their "learning profile assessment", which is included with the book is comprehensive and highly accurate. It will help to determine the disposition, talents, interests, modality and optimal environment for each individual student.

This is an important step for homeschoolers as well as students attending public and private school. Knowing this information enables parents and educators to develop the best curriculum and teaching methods for each individual student. "Discover Your Child's Learning Style" does not stop with the assessment, but moves on to illustrate how each facet of a child's learning ability can be used to its best advantage.

The information in "Discover Your Child's Learning Style" is well-layed-out. It is presented in a way that is easily understandable to the lay-person, but also meaningful to the most experienced educator. It comes packed with visual aides, case studies, anecdotes, charts, tables and comprehensive advice. The advice is primarily aimed at parents, but there is also information on how techniques for catering to individual learning styles can be implemented in the classroom.

"Discover Your Child's Learning Style" is above all a practical guide. It is destined to have a great impact on the way information is presented both in the classroom and at home. This is a handy tool for teachers and anyone with children.