My first solicited book review.

This is the link and basic overview of the book review I have done of Jonathan Levy's What You Can Do RIGHT NOW to Help Your Child with Autism. It's not a positive review; I'm sure you can tell that from the grade I gave it in the chart below. The link is to the PDF of the 1,009 word review I wrote, which doesn't get as deep into things as my chapter-by-chapter reading of Greenspan's book does, but definitely makes my point. (I hope.) Oh, and don't worry, I'll be doing a chapter-by-chapter analysis of this particular gem as soon as I'm finished with the Greenspan, so you'll be treated to my sarcasm and cynicism that way. This review is more serious than my analyses.

Since books about "treating autism" tend to be all about evaluating the autistic person, I've decided to grade all the books I review on a scale I found that is used to grade college-level essays. I've provided that scale at the end of this entry.

Enjoy!

What is it they say about good intentions...? Solicited review of Jonathan Levy's What You Can Do RIGHT NOW to Help Your Child with Autism	D (9/15=60%)
Summary :: 4 :: no references beyond personal experience Commentary :: 3 :: plusses are all described very well Critique :: 0 :: no negatives considered Overall :: 2 :: no scholarly research indicated, and no real insight shown

Summary	/5	Thesis clarity; Explains key concepts; Links ideas together; Coherent summary; References
Commentary	/3	Clearly identifies main points of interest; Indicates merits of the views presented; Cogently describes impacts of views
Critique	/3	Clearly identifies main drawbacks/problems; Cogently describes issues; Considers response to issues
Overall	/4	Clear introduction; Conclusion; Scholarly research; Offers insight or interesting points of view
Total	/15	A+/90%/13.5; A/85%/12.8; A-/82%/12.3 B+/80%/12; B/75%/11.3; B-/72%/10.8 C+/70%/10.5; C/65%/9.8; C-/62%/9.3 D+/60%/9; D/55%/8.3; D-/52%/7.8 F/50%/7.5

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