One Child is a novel by American author and psychologist Torey Hayden. It was first published in the United States in 1980. It was first published in the United States in 1980. This book has been translated into 27 languages and dramatized as an interactive opera.
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Finally, a beginning . . . The time had finally come. The time I had been waiting for through all these long months that I knew sooner or later had to occur. Now it was here.She had surprised me so much by actually crying that for a moment I did nothing but look at her. Then I gathered her into my arms, hugging her tightly. She clutched onto my shirt so that I could feel the dull pain of her fingers digging into my skin. She cried and cried and cried. I held her and rocked the chair back and on PDF its rear legs, feeling my arms and chest get damp from the tears and her hot breath and the smallness of the room.Reviews of the One Child
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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...more
Published 2007 by HarperPerennial, Australia (first published January 1st 1980)
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Oct 29, 2012Msjess rated it did not like it · review of another edition
I remember reading this story as a child and being engrossed in it. It's reminiscent of 'A child called It' because of its extreme depiction of a child in severe abuse and neglect.
Reading again as an adult and as an educator who works with at risk children I was horrified. The story is a memoir written by a special ed teacher. She clearly wants to be praised and lauded for her amazing breakthrough with Sheila but all I could think was that Sheila needed to be put into foster care. She was clearl...more
Reading again as an adult and as an educator who works with at risk children I was horrified. The story is a memoir written by a special ed teacher. She clearly wants to be praised and lauded for her amazing breakthrough with Sheila but all I could think was that Sheila needed to be put into foster care. She was clearl...more
Sep 16, 2009John McIlveen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Sheila came into Torey Hayden’s class for “special children” at the age of 6 after having tied a 3-year-old child to a tree and critically burned him.
ONE CHILD is Torey Hayden’s story of her attempt to tap the unbelievable capacity of this tortured child.
Parts of this book – the savage sexual molestation – will enrage you. Parts of this book – Sheila’s quiet description of her anger and fears and doubts – will make you cry. And parts of this book – Sheila’s gradual realization of her own poten...more
Jan 19, 2018Bea Charmed rated it really liked it · review of another editionONE CHILD is Torey Hayden’s story of her attempt to tap the unbelievable capacity of this tortured child.
Parts of this book – the savage sexual molestation – will enrage you. Parts of this book – Sheila’s quiet description of her anger and fears and doubts – will make you cry. And parts of this book – Sheila’s gradual realization of her own poten...more
Shelves: memoir, classics, child-growth-development, professional-books, read-before-2010, non-fiction, psychology
I read this when it first came out and it cemented my desire to be a teacher. I still want to be Torey when I grow up. Also, my copy is long gone and I need to get another and re-read this.
Oct 26, 2014Books rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
The first thing I want to tell you is how much this book made me cry. Buckets full. Maybe even enough to fill an ocean. Ugly cry, even. Unashamed, let-it-all-out, bawling. That’s how much. I’m not even exaggerating. This is significant, because tearjerker movies get me to cry often, but in contrast, only a handful of books have managed to dissolve me into tears. With One Child, I cried often, and I cried long and hard. It’s not only Sheila’s circumstances that made me cry, but also because I was...more
Mar 28, 2009Mandy rated it liked it · review of another edition
This book is about a special ed teacher and her relationship with 'one child'. The child, Sheila, has been severely abused, left on the interstate by her mother, neglected by her father and is only 6 years old. The story is a true store of how Hayden helped Sheila come out of her shell and trust someone will not abandon her and begin to love again.
I liked the story, however, the teacher/author, Hayden annoyed me. I felt she made herself into a hero, and very few teachers could be like her and en...more
I liked the story, however, the teacher/author, Hayden annoyed me. I felt she made herself into a hero, and very few teachers could be like her and en...more
Jun 21, 2018Sara rated it liked it · review of another edition
actual rating: 3.5/5 starsI liked this book. My rating was low but that doesn't mean it's a bad book because it's not. It's just because I've read other of her stories that touched me even more than this one. Overall, I had a great time reading it.
Torey Hayden was one of the authors that made me get into reading and psychology. I love her books and they will always have a special place in my heart. I love reading about how she deals with the kids and adults and also about their problematic lives
...moreJul 31, 2012Jacqueline rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I read 'One Child' as a junior in high school as part of a project, I recently reread it this past winter. This book highlights how resilient children can be. Nature vs. nurture is explored in this nonfiction story. Six year old Sheila, a poor almost deranged child, is put into Torey Hayden's special needs class after she tried to light another child on fire. She is violent, dirty, and scares the other children in the class until Torey begins to see the real Sheila who is sweet, kind, and a gift...more
May 02, 2019PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I’ve been a Torey Hayden fan for decades and am delighted to rediscover her books in Kindle version as my eyes focus better on ebooks thanks to cataracts and age. Fixed the cataracts, age not so much. I’ve read her books multiple times over the years. I can’t say they directly influenced my decision to become a child psychologist, but Torey planted seeds of interest in being able to help children improve their ability to cope with psychological challenges.
Hayden has worked as an educator for emo...more
May 04, 2019Ingie rated it it was amazing · review of another editionHayden has worked as an educator for emo...more
Shelves: z-read-in-swedish, z-read-before-gr-and-dec-2012, novel-biography-true-story, c-amazing-5-stars-2019, books-i-read-2019, novel-audio
Review written May 4, 2019
4.6 STARS - Touching and completely captivating about a child's reality
Still can feel and remember how fascinated I always was when reading all of Torey L. Hayden's non-fiction books then 20-25 years ago. Her so very tender stories about those children with special needs, often called 'problems children”, she worked with can’t but be heartbreaking good stories. Well and and lovely tastefully written as well.
I loved Sheila’s story the last time I read it (don’t remember...more
4.6 STARS - Touching and completely captivating about a child's reality
Still can feel and remember how fascinated I always was when reading all of Torey L. Hayden's non-fiction books then 20-25 years ago. Her so very tender stories about those children with special needs, often called 'problems children”, she worked with can’t but be heartbreaking good stories. Well and and lovely tastefully written as well.
I loved Sheila’s story the last time I read it (don’t remember...more
Mar 11, 2018Glen Grunau rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I am not prone to crying at movies or books but this simple story had me in tears on several occasions.
This story was from a different era. When the child welfare system was ill equipped to deal with child abuse and children known to be suffering from severe neglect were left in horrific conditions. There were not enough social workers, foster homes, or welfare checks to go around. When child trauma and reactive attachment was managed by professionals with authoritative and controlling practice...more
This story was from a different era. When the child welfare system was ill equipped to deal with child abuse and children known to be suffering from severe neglect were left in horrific conditions. There were not enough social workers, foster homes, or welfare checks to go around. When child trauma and reactive attachment was managed by professionals with authoritative and controlling practice...more
Apr 05, 2014Ruth Turner rated it liked it · review of another edition
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Sep 22, 2010ayyitskianaa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
ahh. One Child, by Torey Hayden was just plain... FANTASTIC... AMAZING... GREAT... I LOVED the book. It was about a young girl at the age of 5 years old is what I remember. Okay, so she was left on the side of a highway hanging on the gate by her mother, which left her to go live in California with the little girls' only and little brother. Her dad found her and took her back home, where she always gets abused and is taught many things.
So when she goes to school, she has the knowledge of a 5th...more
So when she goes to school, she has the knowledge of a 5th...more
Feb 22, 2008Bonnie rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This is a powerful book written by a special educator. For one of my classes I has to read another one or Torey's experiences 'Just Another Kid.' Both are based on actual experiences of Torey teaching special education. I really related. She writes in a very raw way so there is inappropriate language spoken by her students. Also, situations of her students are really difficult and hard so be prepared. I felt she wrote in such an honest and straightforward way that she could have been in my class...more
Oct 16, 2017Rachel Sherman rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
If your a parent, teacher, daycare worker, or just around kids, you NEED to read this book! It has such a great message behind it. I love that she wrote from her experience in the classroom with this student! She never give up on her students! She didn't do anything special, just treated/ showed her students love and respect! Best book I've read about teaching!!
Feb 26, 2016Ajit Kumar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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It is an excellent book for teachers of special education. A special child may have immense potential within. They need love and care.
Jan 27, 2008Schnuckiputzi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: 2008
Torey Hayden is a teacher of those children society deems 'garbage'...autistic, schizophrenic, emotionally damaged, suicidal. This was in the seventies and eighties, before autism became a popular disease. I read One Child, a book I've read before, which the story of Sheila, a six year old so abused and emotionally scarred that she takes a neighborhood child out to the woods and sets fire to him. Because no one else will take her into a normal classroom, Torey gets her. She's emaciated, owns one...more
Oct 17, 2012ReaderSP rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I have read a few of Torey Hayden's books and I had been meaning to read this one for a long time. A usually with Hayden's books, it follows her experiences working with children with special needs and running a special needs class. The main character in the book is Shelia, a very troubled young girl. Shelia comes to Hayden's class at the age of 7, whilst waiting for a placement in a secure unit, after committing a horrible crime on another child. Shelia is a disruptive mute, whose worse attribu...more
Jul 01, 2012Hannah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This book was absorbing and enthralling. It drew me in slowly, introducing Sheila, first, as merely a statistic in a newspaper. Insignificant and unimportant despite the horrendous act which she has committed. This is a good way for us to 'meet' this brilliant and joyous little girl because it's how she has been viewed all of her short life. We are told in brutal honesty about Sheila's early life and her upbringing. At 6 she has experiences things a grown adult could barely comprehend but she is...more
Oct 30, 2011Jacquelyn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Great book.
This book follows the progress of a child that was placed in Ms. Hayden's classroom because there was 'no where else to put her' as she waited for an opening at the state hospital.
I felt this book was sincerely written, and very honest. It didn't dance around the subject matter at all. I also felt that Ms. Hayden was writing from a fairly objective perspective. She didn't toot her own horn constantly, nor did she degrade or downplay the roles of others in the process of working with...more
This book follows the progress of a child that was placed in Ms. Hayden's classroom because there was 'no where else to put her' as she waited for an opening at the state hospital.
I felt this book was sincerely written, and very honest. It didn't dance around the subject matter at all. I also felt that Ms. Hayden was writing from a fairly objective perspective. She didn't toot her own horn constantly, nor did she degrade or downplay the roles of others in the process of working with...more
Mar 11, 2013Ursula rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
One of my most loved books of all time. I read it many times as a teenager and in my 20's until I lost track of my copy. Finally picked up a new copy, and it was like being reunited with an old friend. Torey Hayden's One Child was the first book I ever read about behaviorally challenged children. I loved it so much back then, that I eagerly went off in search of her other titles, and eventually branched out into other teacher-authors (like Mary MacCracken). There are now many titles in this cate...more
Feb 23, 2013Simply Just Jen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
THIS IS FOR 'ONE CHILD' ONLY I first formed my relationship with Sheila in the 5th grade as part of an advanced English class. I remember thinking oh my gosh this really happened to such a brilliant child. Sheila was a 5 yr old child who lived in such horrific circumstances that the rats round her had better lives. She is considered helpless after she sets a 3yr old on fire. No where to go the State puts her in a special education classroom. There she meets Torey a teacher, who helps Sheila blos...more
Jun 24, 2011Louise rated it liked it · review of another edition
This was the first book I have read by Torey Hayden and the first book I have read about child abuse. I wasn't sure if I was going to like it or how I would feel about it, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The book was great, it was written beautifully and in good taste. I enjoyed reading this book and will most defiantly being reading the follow up books and other books by Torey Hayden in the future. Very glad I read it. 5/5
Mar 31, 2019Hulda Rós rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Nov 03, 2010Kara rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I purposefully read this book directly after 'The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing' by Bruce Perry, which came out in 2007. Hayden's book was published in 1980, and it was a very different world then in education, especially when it came to children with special needs or histories of abuse, neglect, trauma, or unstable backgrounds. In a world where abused children could be take...more
Nov 29, 2018Nora Cassandra rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I read this book for psychology essay. I read reviews before reading so I was pulled back at first. So My advice just grab the book read it then think for yourself.
It was a good book for a study case. I do admit getting emotional in many parts. I had to stop and take a short break. But as I had to read it really fast I couldn't afford big breaks. Do approach with caution as it is graphic, full of trauma and abuse.
The book was well written and NO I don't think Torey is trying to take any credit...more
It was a good book for a study case. I do admit getting emotional in many parts. I had to stop and take a short break. But as I had to read it really fast I couldn't afford big breaks. Do approach with caution as it is graphic, full of trauma and abuse.
The book was well written and NO I don't think Torey is trying to take any credit...more
Nov 17, 2009carolyn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This book is about a young girl, abused in so many ways, and thanks to a wonderful teacher (one who actually cares about the children she works with, versus those who are there for whatever reason). This child overcomes more in her early years of life than what most people do in a life time. My hats off to Torey Hayden; for the love, strength, and hope that she has given to this child..... and to 'Sheila' for gaining the trust in someone to show her that people do care and that there are actuall...more
Sep 08, 2007Lisa Vegan rated it it was amazing · review of another editionRecommends it for: those interested in special ed & emotionally disturbed children
Shelves: reviewed, non-fiction, biography, mental-illness, readbooks-female-author-or-illust, z1981, zz-5star, psychology
I like Torey Hayden’s books and this is my favorite. Not just because of Sheila, the “one child,” but also the other children in that classroom, and its portrayal of what it’s like to work with emotionally disturbed children. I thought it was very honest about showing the frustration of trying to improve these children’s lives while they’re helplessly living with parents or others who act counterproductively toward these efforts; it certainly mirrored my experiences working with emotionally dist...more
Sep 10, 2013Jill rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: biographies, psychology-sociology, counseling-therapy
I read this book the first time, years ago, as an undergraduate, minoring in Special Education. It captivated me them, and I still love reading it to remind me of people who work so hard to reach difficult children and how they do it. Special education and school systems have changed so much since the start of the story, but it is still an excellent reminder, and I think, pretty inspirational, too.
Nov 16, 2013Joana-Alice rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
One of the best books I've ever read in my life. The way Torey told the story is unbelievable. Her patience and love for sheila was beyond what one can imagine. My heart aches every time I think of the abuse Sheila has endured, it makes me sick to think that someone can hurt a child in that way. Other than some disturbing details, the book is a success for Torey, Sheila, Anton, Whitney and all the other students.
Feb 07, 2016Bee Wallis rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I found this book really interesting and enjoyed reading the story of the little girl. Sheila goes through so much and I liked being able to hear about her progression. It was a book that I didn't want to end as I wanted to know how her life ended up and how her time went after the year in toreys class.
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Victoria Lynn Hayden, known as Torey L. Hayden (born May 21, 1951 in Livingston, Montana) is a child psychologist, special education teacher, university lecturer and writer of non-fiction books based on her real-life experiences with teaching and counselling children with special needs.
Subjects covered in her books include autism, Tourette syndrome, sexual abuse, fetal alcohol syndrome, and electi...more
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One Child Torey Hayden Review
“She looked up. 'What I can't figure out is why the good things always end.'
'Everything ends.'
'Not some things. Not the bad things. They never go away.'
'Yes, they do. If you let them, they go away. Not as fast as we'd like sometimes, but they end too. What doesn't end is the way we feel about each other. Even when you're all grown up and somewhere else, you can remember what a good time we had together. Even when you're in the middle of bad things and they never seem to be changing, you can remember me. And I'll remember you.” — 29 likes
'Everything ends.'
'Not some things. Not the bad things. They never go away.'
'Yes, they do. If you let them, they go away. Not as fast as we'd like sometimes, but they end too. What doesn't end is the way we feel about each other. Even when you're all grown up and somewhere else, you can remember what a good time we had together. Even when you're in the middle of bad things and they never seem to be changing, you can remember me. And I'll remember you.”
“Deep down behind those hostile eyes was a very little girl who had already learned that life really isn't much fun for anybody; and the best way to avoid further rejection was to made herself as objectionable as possible. Then it would never come as a surprise to find herself unloved. Only a simple fact.” — 9 likes