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MacCracken, Mary.
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Rosnic, Hannah.
MacCracken, Mary.
Abused children -- Biography.
Social isolation -- Biography.
Social phobia in children -- Biography.
Milieu therapy -- Case studies.
Special education teachers -- Biography.
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MacCracken, Mary.
Rosnic, Hannah.
MacCracken, Mary.
Abused children -- Biography.
Social isolation -- Biography.
Social phobia in children -- Biography.
Milieu therapy -- Case studies.
Special education teachers -- Biography.
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Lovey /
Mary
MacCracken
.
by
MacCracken
,
Mary
.
Harper Element, 2014.
Call #:
362.76092 M132L
Subjects
Rosnic, Hannah.
MacCracken
,
Mary
.
Abused children -- Biography.
Social isolation -- Biography.
Social phobia in children -- Biography.
Milieu therapy -- Case studies.
Special education teachers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780007555147 (pbk.)
Edition:
Updated edition.
Description:
246 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous edition: published as Lovey, a very special child. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976.
Summary:
Special education teacher
Mary
MacCracken
had reservations about having eight year old Hannah Rosnic join her class of three emotionally disturbed boys. They had made progress under
Mary
's care, and Hannah, who had a reputation for being withdrawn and possibly retarded, would only be a disruptive influence. But when
mary
first encountered Hannah -- wearing a woman's housedress, her red gold hair tangled with chewing gum, alternately screaming and sobbing and acting more like an animal than a little girl,
Mary
Knew that she had to help release Hannah from her prision of fear, loneliness, and rage. But how could
Mary
help a child who had been shut up in closets, locked out of her home, and beaten by both her brother and father? Learning disabilities teacher
Mary
MacCracken
wrote memoirs about her intensely individualized approach to teaching children with emotional and cognitive disabilities. She died in 2014 at the age of 88.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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Alderney Gate Public Library
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