{"product_id":"unsilenced-a-teachers-year-of-battles-breakthroughs-and-life-changing-lessons-at-belchertown-state-school-9781681255156","title":"Unsilenced: A Teacher's Year of Battles,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1969, and fresh-out-of-college smart-aleck Howard Shane has just landed his first teaching job—at Belchertown State School, a bleak institution where people with disabilities endure endless days of silence, tedium, and neglect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoward is stunned by the conditions at Belchertown and the challenges of his new job, but as he gets to know his diverse, endearing, and intelligent students, he becomes consumed with a mission: to unlock their communication skills and help them reach their full potential. Pitting his youthful idealism and passion against the rigidity of a rule-bound administrator, Howard battles his way to small joys and victories with his students—and, along the way, learns just as much as he teaches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stirring and spellbinding memoir from internationally renowned AAC expert Howard Shane (Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School), Unsilenced is a candid look at a pivotal era in disability history and a deeply personal account of how all human beings can flourish when we care for each other and fight for change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Online Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 30\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscussion Questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Brookes Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50469778096471,"sku":"9781681255156","price":25.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781681255156.jpg?v=1744896287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unsilenced-a-teachers-year-of-battles-breakthroughs-and-life-changing-lessons-at-belchertown-state-school-9781681255156","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}