Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened – Special Education Stories of Selective Mutism, Trauma, and Stroke Recovery

Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened – Special Education Stories of Selective Mutism, Trauma, and Stroke Recovery

<p>From the bestselling author of <em>One Child</em> comes the story of three of former special education teacher Torey Hayden’s most extraordinary challenges.<strong><em></em></strong></p><p>Nine-year-old Cassandra, kidnapped by her father and found starving, dirty, and picking through garbage cans—is a child prone to long silences and erratic, violent behavior.</p><p>Charming, charismatic four-year-old Drake will speak only in private to his mother—while his tough, unbending grandfather's demands for an immediate cure threatens to cause irreparable harm.</p><p>And though she had never worked with adults, Hayden agrees to help fearful and silent eighty-two-year-old massive stroke victim Gerda—discovering in the process that a treatment's successes could prove nearly as heartbreaking as its limitations.</p><p><strong></strong> </p><p> </p>