Torey L Hayden

Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a retarded boy.

For decades, former special education teacher Torey Hayden has been a light in the darkness for severely troubled children, and she has chronicled her determined efforts, triumphs, and breakthroughs in a series of internationally bestselling books, beginning with her powerful and poignant One Child. But it wasn't until she left the classroom that she faced three of her most extraordinary challenges. While working in the children's psychiatric ward of a large city hospital, Hayden was introduced to seven-year-old Cassandra, a child who had been kidnapped by her father and found three states away, starving, dirty, and picking through garbage cans. What she had suffered during that time was a mystery, since she refused to speak of it, and all attempts to get to the root of her erratic, increasingly violent behavior had hitherto failed. This would certainly be one of Torey Hayden's most difficult cases, for how do you reach a child so horrifically abused that she views every attempt to break through her defenses as life-threatening? Drake was a charming, charismatic four-year-old who managed to participate fully in his preschool class without uttering a single word. He would only speak to his mother, who brought the boy, clutching his beloved stuffed tiger, Friend, to Hayden. Pressured by Drake's tough, unbending grandfather, who demanded immediate results, the therapist feared that overly stringent treatment would only tear his family further apart. And though a specific course of action seemed clear, even she was unprepared for the shocking truth about little Drake's condition. Then there was Gerda, eighty-two, whom a massive stroke had rendered fearful and unwilling to engage in conversation with anyone. Though Hayden had never worked with adults, she agreed to help when all other efforts had failed, and discovered in the process that what Gerda could do was nearly as heartbreaking as her limitations. A woman suffering in the twilight of her years and two children trapped in the ever-darkening shadows, these are the cases that would test one healer's courage, compassion, and skill, and ultimately reaffirm her faith in the indomitable strength of the human spirit.

David has never had a permanent home or a real friend, but when he decides to try to hatch an owl egg with the help of a classmate, his life slowly begins to change for the better.

Ces enfants-la ne sont pas comme les autres : Boo, le petit garcʹon de sept ans dont l'esprit est absent et qui ne parle pas pour repeter les bulletins de meteo comme un perroquet. Lori, sept ans elle aussi, et qui ne peut apprendre a lire parce que son pere lui a fracture le crane et endommage le cerveau. Tomaso, dix ans, qui joue les durs pour oublier qu'il a vu sa belle-mere tuer son pere et son frere. Enfin, Claudia, timide, secrete. Elle a douze ans et elle est enceinte. Ces quatre enfants meurtris ont ete reunis dans la classe de Torey Hayden parce qu'on ne savait pas quoi faire d'eux. Jour apres jour, Torey va tenter de les rassurer, de les aider. Avant tout, elle va les aimer. Et nous aussi, nous serons bouleverses par Boo, Lori, Tomaso et Claudia. Comme s'ils n'etaient pas les enfants des autres mais les notres. [4e de couv.]

In een psychiatrisch ziekenhuis tracht een therapeute door te dringen tot drie patiënten die zich geheel van communicatie met andere mensen hebben afgesloten: een oude vrouw door een beroerte getroffen, een verwaarloosd meisje en een jongetje met een ontwikkelingsstoornis.

"A stunning and poignant account of an extraordinary teacher's determination never to abandon a child in need from the internationally bestselling author of 'One Child' and No. 1 bestseller 'Ghost Girl'. Seven-year-old Venus Fox never spoke, never listened, never even acknowledged the presence of another human being in the room with her. Yet an accidental playground 'bump' would release a rage frightening to behold. The school year that followed would prove to be one of the most trying, perplexing, and ultimately rewarding of Torey's career, as she struggled to reach a silent child in obvious pain. It would be a strenuous journey beset by seemingly insurmountable obstacles and darkened by truly terrible revelations. Yet encouraged by sometimes small, sometimes dazzling breakthroughs, as a dedicated teacher, Torey remained committed to helping a 'hopeless' girl, and patiently and lovingly leading her toward the light of a new day."--

How do you move beyond traditional classroom management to create a learning environment that engages our hardest-to-reach students - those who may be struggling due to emotional disturbances or disabilities or environmental circumstances? Michael J. Marlowe and Torey Hayden have the answer: through a relationship-driven classroom. -- from back cover.

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