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One Child By Torey L. Hayden Sparknotes

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Throughout the true story “One Child” by Torey L. Hayden, I have learned much about the behaviors of the students and been able to relate some of my own experiences to the book. I read the 1980 copy of the story. Torey Hayden teaches a self-contained special education classroom of 9 children, with one full time aide, Anton, and a student helper, Whitney. Anton, prior to this job has never worked with children before, let alone children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Over time they become a great team, despite the numerous challenges with the students. One of the main characters I have chosen to look at specific behaviors is Sheila. Sheila is an interesting character to learn about and has a violent past, both in being the victim and the attacker. There are many aspects of teaching that can be learned through this story and Torey Hayden. We learn how important rapport is with children with rough backgrounds. Additionally, we also learn how crucial teaching rules and expectations is in any classroom setting! Sheila’s past, descriptive details, antecedents that trigger behaviors, internal or external risk factors that may be contributing to behaviors. 3A. To say Sheila has had a rough past is an understatement. Her mother abandoned her when she was 4 years old on the side of a highway while she took her brother to California. She then …show more content…

Torey asks her several times to join them, and she just sits there blankly and ignores the request. Anton, her aide stands up to move Sheila over to the group and she starts to run. The antecedent here is the demand that Sheila come to join discussion. From what I know, Sheila just wants to escape the demand... escape being the function of behavior in this instance. It’s a possibility she thought that Anton would hit her because she wouldn’t obey the command from Torey. Looking at Sheila’s past, this is a

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