Common Characteristics of Worthmore Students

1. SHORT ATTENTION SPAN
    -Easily distracted
    -Difficulty staying on task

2. LACK OF AWARENESS
    -Has to touch everything
    -Inability to deal in abstractions; good, bad, no, share, etc.

3. PERIODIC LOSS OF GROSS MOTOR SKILLS 
    -Falls, clumsy, but not all the time.

4. LEFT/RIGHT DISORIENTATION
    -Shoelaces untied and late in learning to tie shoes
    -Trouble understanding up/down, over/under, top/bottom, etc.
    -Reversal of letters and numbers in reading and writing

5. SPEECH PROBLEMS
    -Ws for Rs (twain-train) 
    -Ks for SKs, SCHs, Ts 
    -M and N problems, etc.
     (Does not discriminate sounds, but hearing is OK)

6. FINE MOTOR DEFICIENCY
    -Handwriting is poor

7. POOR ORGANIZATION
   -Totally disorganized in time & space
   -Forgets homework