More Than Words: Helping Parents Promote Communication and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Alright after some reflection I've settled on 2.5 stars. Unfortunately this one just didn't work for me.

Overall though, I could still recommend this for readers who enjoy love triangles and blush worthy bedroom scenes! More Than Words brings readers into Nina Gregory’s life at one of her most pivotal points. Bracing herself for what’s to come—the loss of her beloved father, and only remaining parent, to terminal cancer. Standing at the crossroads of two very different realities, she has to choose. Continue living the life she’s been expected to or instead, forging her own path.I loved the character of Nina and enjoyed watching her growth and development as I progressed in the book. She was smart, but cautious and I truly felt for her in all of her struggles. I can honestly say Santopolo is now officially a must read author for me (okay, she already was after Light) but I'm thrilled to share that her sophomore effort was just as much of a hit for me. What happens when you start to discover the person you most admired, the truths you most believed in, aren’t what you thought? In Jill Santopolo's More Than Words that question is examined in great detail. Santopolo's writing is captivating. Regardless of the story, her writing always keeps me invested. She just has a way of making her stories accessible yet gripping. Now, none of these authors would win NaNoWriMo with their 40,000-word novel, but they’re obviously playing the long game. This list of 40,000-word novels should be subtitled: “How to write a book they’ll teach in high school English.” It’s like a who’s who of the English curriculum: Fitzgerald, Vonnegut, Hinton, Bradbury, hell, probably Nicholas Sparks… I mean, who knows? Clearly, even though we’re getting down to the end of this list of word counts of favorite novels, there are still heavy hitters in the lower range. Slaughterhouse-Five

Besides writing, she is a shower singer, an avid cross-stitcher, and bakes a stellar apple cobbler. More Than Words is a 'must have' reference for parents of children [on the autism spectrum], and for professionals supporting parents. More Than Words [offers]... strategies drawn from and based on the Hanen Program, an empirically validated, child-centred developmental approach to supporting children's communication development.

It’s also fun to look at the word counts in the work of one author in particular, so I decided to do a little exploring and find out the word counts of some books by a beloved author, Stephen King, a prolific writer with millions of words among his many books. In this list, you can see that The Stand: Uncut is 471,485 words. His writing guide and memoir On Writing is 79,139, meaning The Stand holds approximately six (5.957) books of On Writing‘s length within it. On Writing is one of my favorite guides to writing. I’d gladly take more of those over another novel. (Though I’d of course take The Stand over any novel ever.) For more Stephen King book word counts, see this ver y detailed Reddit thread. Carrie I love a book that follows a character at a defining point in their lives, it’s so interesting to me to see what choices they make and what actions take place after some sort of event shakes up their life. Nina losing her father is her defining moment, she begins to question everything she’s been sure of her entire life and she really starts to come into her own. I really enjoyed watching her grow, mature and just start to feel comfortable in her own skin, on her own terms. There is a cutdown version of this book called "You Make The Difference In Helping Your Child Learn" by H. Ayala Manolson which covers the same ground more succinctly. Unless you find reading textbooks relaxing, or have a long solo train ride coming up, I recommend reading that one instead. As Crane (2017) said,"Mindfulness has become a trend word conveying a diversity of understandings dependent on context" (p. 586).