Torey Hayden

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born

May 21, 1951 in Livingston, Montana, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.torey-hayden.com

genre

Nonfiction, Real-Life Experiences, Children with Special Needs

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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 elective mutism (now called selective mutism), her specialty.
Hayden attended high school in Billings, Montana and graduated in 1969. She then attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
A little time after having written her most famous book One Child, Hayden moved to Wales in 1980 and got married to a Scot called Ken two years later. In 1985, sh...more

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Books by Torey Hayden

Average rating: 4.03 · 15,135 ratings · 1,215 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Ghost Girl 4.03 avg rating — 2,266 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Sheila: Luka Hati Seorang Gadis Kecil 4.03 avg rating — 3,826 ratings — published 1981 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Somebody Else's Kids 4.20 avg rating — 1,493 ratings — published 1981 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Beautiful Child 4.10 avg rating — 1,498 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Just Another Kid 4.18 avg rating — 1,278 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Murphy's Boy 4.01 avg rating — 1,331 ratings — published 1983 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened 4.15 avg rating — 1,081 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Sheila: Kenangan yang Hilang 3.79 avg rating — 1,571 ratings — published 1995 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Sunflower Forest 3.49 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Overheard in a Dream 3.61 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	My rating:

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“Perhaps the greatest magic of the human spirit is the ability to laugh, at ourselves, at each other, and at our sometimes hopeless situation. Laughter normalized our lives”
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“Safety is the most basic task of all. Without sense of safety, no growth can take place. Without safety, all energy goes to defense”
― Torey Hayden

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“Memang sangat sulit mengubah pribadi yang sudah terbentuk oleh lingkungan selama ini, tapi sekalipun sedikit bukanlah sesuatu yang tidak mungkin”
― Torey Hayden

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