by Torey Hayden · Element Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007199051
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«One Child» is a memoir by educational psychologist Torey Hayden, published by Element Books in paperback (336 pages, in English).
Torey Hayden recounts the case of Sheila, a six-year-old girl marked by neglect and abuse who neither speaks nor cries and has been sent to a special education classroom after a violent act. While the system writes her off, Hayden senses exceptional intelligence in her and undertakes a patient effort of affection to bring her out of her silence.
First title in Torey Hayden's Sheila series; English edition published by Element Books in 2007.
For readers interested in pedagogy, child psychology, and real-life stories of overcoming adversity.
Victoria Lynn Hayden, known as Torey L. Hayden, is a special education teacher, university lecturer and writer of non-fiction books based on her real-life experiences with teaching and counseling children with special needs and also of fiction books.
