Just Another Kid - The True Story of Six Children Impossible to Reach and the Amazing

" Just Another Kid is not just another book. This remarkable teacher's memoir reminds us that love takes many forms." - The New York Times From the bestselling author of One Child comes the true story of six children impossible to reach and the amazing teacher who embraced them all. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle--three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatized by the horrors of war; eleven-year-old Dirkie, who only knew of life inside an institution; excitable Mariana, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak. With compassion, rare insight, and masterful storytelling, teacher Torey Hayden once again touches our hearts with her account of the miracles that can happen in her class of "special" children.

Product details

• Authors: Torey Hayden
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780062662774
• ISBN: 978-0-06-266277-4
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Education, Biography: general, Memoirs, Educational psychology, Relating to people on the autism spectrum, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, United States of America, USA, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Age groups: children, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Plays, Playscripts, Child abuse, Relating to childhood, Educational: Arts, general, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Children with Special Needs, DRAMA: American / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Autism Spectrum Disorders, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, EDUCATION: Special Education / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Abuse / Child Abuse, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Education, EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Educators, EDUCATION: Arts in Education, Curriculum planning and development, Coping with / advice about abuse, Coping with / advice about autism / Asperger’s, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Disability