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One Child

One Child. Gentry Remund. Torey Hayden. She is an educational psychologist and a special education teacher.

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One Child

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  1. One Child Gentry Remund

  2. Torey Hayden • She is an educational psychologist and a special education teacher. • For years she has documented her struggles in the classroom, and turned them into best selling books. Much of her inspirations as an author have come from her work with young people. • One child was the first book that she wrote. • Opera, classical theatre, classical music, ancient history, archaeology, farming, cosmology and physics. Those are some of Torey’s hobbies. • She was born in 1951, in Montana. • "Writing remains an affair of the heart for me.… [and] each time I sit down to the typewriter to start a new book, I write it for me. I love the process of writing, the nudge and jiggle of words until that ripe moment when snap! the emotional photograph is taken and all the complex beauty of being human is captured.”

  3. Characters • Sheila- A disturbed six year old. She was abandoned by her mother and left on the highway. She lives with her dad in a refugee camp. She has matted hair and smells badly, she has one outfit, she never cries. She is frightened and at the same time such a brave little girl. She speaks like an inner city black. She improves through out the book and shows what a truly sweet girl she really is. She loves Torey. • Torey- A special education teacher, with a really big heart. She was a dreamer. She cared very much for her class and especially for Sheila. Torey has so much patience and talent with disturbed children. She is truly amazing and devotes so much of her time to her classroom. • Anton- He is tall and speaks Spanish. He is 29 and didn't graduate high school. Him and Torey became a great team. He lives in the migrant camp with a wife and two sons. He is studying for his general equivalency diploma. • Peter- He is eight years old. He has an afro and a neurological condition that causes severe seizures and violent behavior. • Whitney- She is a junior high honor student. She gives 2 hours of her release time to help out with Torey's class. Tall and slender, she keeps the classroom alive with her great sense of humor. • Sheila’s father- He lives in a migrant camp, and spent a lot of Sheila’s early years in prison. He is an alcohol and drug abuser. He often punishes Sheila. He is a big man heavy set, with a huge beer belly. He won't accept charity, and blames Sheila for the loss of his wife and son Jimmie. • Chad- Torey's boyfriend, who works at a law firm. He is a great comforter to Torey, he truly cares about Sheila and does so many wonderful things to help her. • Susannah Joy-Looks like a doll, dressed beautifully. She has soft blonde hair. Childhood schizophrenic, hallucinates, and has a bad fear of blood.

  4. Favorite Character • Sheila, because deep down she is a bright sweet little girl. who just needs to be loved. I have great sympathy for her because she is so strong and for a six year old has so many struggles that I can’t even begin to relate to. She has been neglected and accused her whole life, and was raised thinking that she was a crazy person. I love how grateful and excited she was about hair clips, she truly loved them. she wants a dress more than anything, it makes me want to cry.

  5. Least favorite character • Sheila’s uncle Jerry, because I don’t know how someone could ever be so cruel. Mentally and physically he scared her for life. In the end he ended up in prison, I guess that can be Sheila’s little piece of justice knowing that he at least got some punishment. He made it so that she didn’t understand the term "love" and she feared it, and her once favorite dress was now ruined with the memory of him.

  6. Protagonist • Sheila, she is the main character in this book. She is such a good sweet little girl at heart but her actions and the way she was raised cover that up. She has been physically, emotionally, and sexually abused her whole life. Sheila has never really felt loved and every person in her life that she thinks she can trust leaves and abuses her. All Sheila wants is a family that loves and cares about her. She misses her mom and Jimmie a lot and doesn't quite understand why they left. Sheila is a very bright little girl, but because of what has happened to her everyone thinks she is mentally insane and disturbed. Sheila loves dresses, hair clips, and her loving teacher Torey who shows her that there are good people.

  7. Antagonist • Her mom, she left on the highway when she was really little, and took her brother Jimmie with her to California. • Sheila's dad is an alcoholic and a drug abuser, he spent a lot of Sheila’s younger years in prison. He emotionally and physically abuses Sheila, he always talks her down and calls her horrible names. He has deprived Sheila of adequate food, clothing, shelter, and most of all love. • Uncle Jimmie, he rapped Sheila and hurt her very badly, she had to be hospitalized after what he did.

  8. Rising action • Coming back from their break, the class is introduced to Sheila who is temporarily placed in this class until a spot opens up in the state hospital. • Sheila wont talk, refuses to do anything she is asked, and wants nothing to do with Torey. • On her first day she caught the class goldfish one by one and poked theirs eyes out, all the kids went into total chaos. • Torey was bound and determined to help Sheila. • Because of transportation Sheila had to stay an extra two hours in the class everyday. • Torey had a physiologists test Sheila.

  9. Exposition • During the next few weeks Sheila came alive, and she earned the highest points possible on an IQ test, Torey realized she was very gifted. • Sheila was speaking, and the class now enjoyed her company. • Torey bought Sheila some hair clips and helped her with hygiene, Sheila was very excited and truly grateful. • Sheila really admired Torey and would follow her around everywhere. • There was still a few incidents where Sheila would rebel and destroy anything in her path, she also refused to do paperwork. • One incident led to Sheila being paddled in the office she didn't even cry or flinch, this really hurt Torey. • Torey reads Sheila "The little prince" she loves it, and relates it to her relationship with Torey.

  10. Climax • The third week in march a place opened up for Sheila at the state hospital. • Torey didn't want to loose Sheila, she could see such a bright girl and so much progress had been made in her class. • Torey met Sheila’s father and it was a horrifying visit. • Torey immediately got involved, Sheila wasn’t crazy and didn’t deserve to be sent away but no one believed that. • There was a hearing held in April. • Sheila arrived at school one day very pale, and blood covered her overalls. Her uncle Jerry had just gotten out of jail and he raped Sheila. She was hurt badly, Torey took her to the hospital, the kids were very worried.

  11. Falling action • Sheila was hospitalized for a bit, but had a good recovery. • They won Sheila’s case it was a very happy moment, they went to pizza and bought Sheila a dress for a celebration. • Sheila pretended for the night that they were a real family. • Jerry was taken to prison for raping Sheila. • Torey got accepted to a university, so she would be moving in June. • The class put on a mothers day show, her father came cleaned up. Sheila cried because Chad bought her a dress.

  12. Resolution • The year was coming to an end and so was the class. • Everyone had places to go after the year ended, except Sheila. • When Torey mentioned this to Sheila, she didn't take it well. She thought Torey didn't want her anymore and once again felt abandoned. • The Little Prince was proof to Sheila that people did part, and it hurt, but they still loved each other. • Anton got accepted to a community college. • Torey arranged for Sheila to attend her friend Sandy's class, which meant Sheila was skipping a grade. • Sheila met her, and became very excited for next year. • Her father bought her some clothes and Sheila loved them. • The end had come and Sheila promised to be a good girl, and skipped off to her bus.

  13. Time period Time Place Sheila and her father live in a migrant camp, in a one room shack in Iowa. That influences what kind of people she lives around and what things she sees on a daily basis. A small special education classroom with all the children is where most of the book takes place. It's important because that’s where most of the story happens and you really get a feel for the everyday struggles that go on. • A time when beating at school was acceptable, which in schools today it’s against the law. • Teachers could drive the kids around in their cars. • So some things have changed in schools since this took place. • This book takes place over the coarse of a year.

  14. Rating • I rate this book a 10! It was a truly inspiring and eye opening book for me. It made me really appreciate the people who have taken care of me my whole life. Its a true story and almost to sad to seem real to me. Tory is an amazing person she makes you want to be the change and save someone the way that she has saved Sheila.

  15. Child abuse

  16. There are many different forms of child abuse, Emotional abuse- constant belittling, shaming, and humiliating a child. Showing no signs of affection and calling names. It can damage a child’s mental health or social development. Sexual abuse- forcing a child to perform sexual acts, it doesn't always involve body contact. Physical abuse- Physical harm or injury. It may be intentional, but not always. It could also be the result of serious discipline. Neglect- Neglecting a child is failing to provide for a child’s basic needs. Sometimes a parent might be physically or mentally unable to care for a child, other time alcohol or drug abuse may be present. Some forms of abuse are easier to detect than others. They all have an emotional effect, and leave the child feeling unsafe, uncared for, and alone. (Saisan, Smith, Segal, & Belmonte, 2001-2009)

  17. Myths and Facts Myths Facts It’s easy to say that only “bad people” abuse their children. Not all abusers are intentionally harming , many have been victims of abuse themselves, and don’t know any other way to parent. Physical abuse is just one type. Neglect and emotional abuse can be as damaging. It doesn’t only happen in poor families or bad neighborhoods. It crosses all racial, economic, and cultural lines. Abuse by strangers does happen, but most abusers are family members or close to the family. Abused children are more likely to repeat the cycle as adults, On the other hand many adult survivors have a strong motivation to protect their children. • Only bad people abuse their children. • It’s only abuse if it’s violent. • Child abuse doesn’t happen in “good” families. • Most child abusers are strangers. • Abused children always grow up to be abusers. • (Saisan, Smith, Segal, & Belmonte, 2001-2009)

  18. Statistics • 84% of prison inmates were abused as children. • Families with 4 or more children have higher rates of abuse and neglect. • More than 80% of abusers are a parent or someone close to a child. • One in thirteen kids with a parent on drugs is physically abused regularly. • People who reported abuse 17% Teachers Lawyers and police officers 16.3% Social services staff 10.2% (agency, 2007)

  19. The Little Girl-John Michael Montgomery Her parents never took the young girl to church never spoke of His name never read her His word Two non-believers walking lost in this world Took their baby with them What a sad little girlHer daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs Never wanted to play Or give kisses and hugs She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch While her mom fell asleep And her daddy went outAnd the drinking and the fighting just got worse every night Behind their couch she'd be hiding Oh what a sad little life And like it always does, the bad just got worse With every slap and every curse Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night Used a gun on her mom and then took his lifeAnd some people from the city took the girl far away To a new mom and a new dad kisses and hugs everyday Her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in And a small little girl Stared at a picture of HimShe said I know that man up there on that cross I don't know His name But I know He got off Cause He was there in my old house and held me close to His side As I hid there behind our couch The night that my parents died

  20. Sheila’s Poem.(Sheila)

  21. Child abuse happens everyday… Locally Nationally In Arkansas, Amber Turley drove into a lake after partying, killing her three sons. Her blood alcohol content that night was .05 percent, but it wasn't drawn until four or five hours after the crash. She also tested positive for marijuana and a prescription depressant. She was sentenced to three two-year prison terms, and probation for four years after her release. (Bartels, 2010) • Javier Junior Delgado a Springville man, told investigators that he lost grip on the baby while unwrapping him from a blanket, dropping his onto his knee then the floor. Primary Children's said the baby's injuries were consistent with the child having been shaken. Delgado then admitted to officers, and was arrested on abuse charges and taken to jail. The baby’s in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Primary Children's Hospital. (CST, 2010)

  22. What you can do! • You can make a huge difference in the life of an abused child, giving them a chance to heal from the abuse and not repeat the cycle. • Be aware of the warning signs and look for patterns. • Be calm, reassure them, let them know they have your support. Let the child explain in their own words. • Many people hold back because they don’t want to get involved in family issues, and fear safety. In most states reports remain anonymous. • What you have to say will make a difference, it’s important to get them help as soon as possible.

  23. Quotes • "She looks like a spirit, doesn't she? Like if you blinked too hard, she'd be gone, she's free." • "I like it, being crazy isn't bad, it's just different, that's all." • "I love you too. You be my special best person in the whole world." • "That's how it will be with us, we will always love eachother, going away is easier then, because every time you remember someone who loves you, you feel a little bit of their love." • "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." • "Do you suppose i could tame one? It would be my very own special flower and i could be 'sponsible for it and everything. I could tame it for my very own." • "My heart be so big." • "Nobody's really crazy that's just a word, isn't it, Torey? And nobody's a word." • "Somehow i always think i have finally lost my innocence. I always think my god, i've seen the worst, the next time it isn't going to hurt me as bad. And i always find it does."

  24. Why do we care? • Because everyday innocent children are being abused. • Everyday we shape the lives of people in ways we may not even notice. • We all play a role in raising children, we have the opportunity to shape and encourage child development. • By caring and trying to prevent child abuse we are building a better community for us and for our children.

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  26. Bibliography • agency, C. (2007). child maltreatment 2007. Retrieved march 16, 2010, from Administration for child & families: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm07/summary.htm • Bartels, C. (2010, march 16). Ark. mother sentenced in child drownings. Retrieved march 16, 2010, from msnbc: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35896991 • CST. (2010, march 5). Springville father accused of shaking month-old baby. Retrieved march 16, 2010, from Connect2utah: http://connect2utah.com/content/fulltext/?cid=78601 • Hargitay, M. (2004). Learn the facts. Retrieved march 16, 2010, from Joyful heart foundation: http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/childabuse_learnthefacts.htm • Hayden, T. (1999). One child. UK: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval. • Police, B. C. (2009, june 12). Retrieved march 16, 2010, from Facts about Child abuse: http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/agencies/police/community/abuse.html • Saisan, J., Smith, M., Segal, J., & Belmonte, J. (2001-2009). Child abuse and neglect. Retrieved March 1, 2010, from Helpguide.org: http://helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm • Sheila. (n.d.). The poem. Retrieved march 22, 2010, from The officalTorey Hayden: http://www.torey-hayden.com/the_poem.htm

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