Jean Baker

Schizophrenia: Evolving from My Son's Suicide to the Classroom: a Mother Relates Her Life Experience with Her Son's Mental Illness and Translates That Knowledge to the Special Education Classroom. Jean Baker

How does an unsuspecting parent cope with or even comprehend schizophrenia's stealth upon their child's developing brain? An unknown assailant moves into a young man's life and gradually steals it away, silently and relentlessly. Jean Baker tells her son Brian's story through his own words and her observations. She continues his legacy through teaching and advocating for special needs children, many of whom have multiple brain disorders and a variety of disabilities, including those who are schizo-affective as Brian's illness was diagnosed when he died by suicide at age 21.