Torey Hayden | |
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| Born | (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (age 74) Livingston, Montana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Whitman College |
| Known for | factual books about her experiences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | autism,Tourette syndrome,sexual abuse,fetal alcohol syndrome,elective mutism,selective mutism |
Victoria Lynn Hayden, known asTorey L. Hayden (born 21 May 1951 inLivingston, Montana, U.S.[1]), is aspecial education teacher, university lecturer and writer of non-fiction books based on her real-life experiences with teaching and counseling children with special needs and also of fiction books.[2]
Subjects covered in her books includeautism,Tourette syndrome,sexual abuse,fetal alcohol syndrome, andelective mutism (now calledselective mutism), her specialty.
Hayden attended high school inBillings, Montana and graduated in 1969. She attendedWhitman College inWalla Walla, Washington. She received a master's degree in special education fromMontana State University Billings in 1975 and moved toUniversity of Minnesota in Minneapolis for a doctorate in educational psychology. While there, she also worked with the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the university hospitals.
Hayden moved to Wales in 1980. She is divorced and has a daughter.[3]
In Wales Hayden has worked primarily with charities associated withchild neglect andabuse, including Childline, the NSPCC, the Samaritans and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.[4]
She has written five works of fiction in addition to her non-fiction books.
