Loses his position on worksheet or page in textbook
May speak much but makes little sense
Cannot give clear verbal instructions
Does not understand what he reads
Does not understand what he hears
Cannot handle “yes-no” questions

Has great difficulty interpreting proverbs
Has difficulty recalling what he ate for breakfast, etc.
Cannot tell a story from a picture
Cannot recognize visual absurdities

Has difficulty classifying and categorizing objects
Has difficulty retaining such things as
addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication tables
May recognize a word one day and not the next

—Tom Wayman

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From In a Small House on the Outskirts of Heaven, 1989
Harbour Publishing

Copyright 1989 Tom Wayman.
All rights reserved.

Reprinted by permission of Harbour Publishing. Copyright 1989 by Tom Wayman. For further permissions information, contact Harbour Publishing, P.O. Box 219, Madeira Park, BC V0N 2H0 (Canada), www.harbourpublishing.com.

  • Tom Wayman

    Tom Wayman (1945- ) is the author of 17 poetry collections, including High Speed through Shoaling Water (Harbour Publishing, 2007).