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This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential. Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation -- except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare -- and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together -- an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.
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One Child, Torey L. Hayden
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- One Child
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Torey L. Hayden
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 324
- ISBN10
- 0007800061
- ISBN13
- 9780007800063
- Series
- Sheila
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Self-Help, Psychological Topics, Psychology, Personal Growth, Autobiographies & Memoirs, USA, School, Children, Education & School System, Stories, Professional Literature, Girls, Violence, Studying, Childhood, Psychotherapy, Abuse, Courage, Poverty, Based on True Events, Treatment, Therapy, Experiences, Trauma, Studies, Psychological Trauma, Injustice, Self-Acceptance, Behavioral Disorders, Teacher and Student, Children with Behavioral Issues, Neglected Children
- First published
- 1980
- Original title
- One Child
- Rating
- 4.45 out of 5
- Description
- This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full potential. Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation -- except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare -- and nurture the spark of genius she recognised trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together -- an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.