![]() ![]() The story is a memoir written by a special ed teacher. Reading again as an adult and as an educator who works with at risk children I was horrified. ![]() ![]() It's reminiscent of "A child called It" because of its extreme depiction of a child in severe abuse and neglect. I remember reading this story as a child and being engrossed in it. 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. 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. ![]() Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation-except her teacher, Torey Hayden. 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. Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. 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. ![]()
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