Children with Developmental Challenges

Children With Developmental Challenges 3(2+1)

Lesson 22 : Neuro-Biological Disability -ADD

Characteristics of ADD

• Often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat (in adolescence may be limited to subjective feelings of restlessness)
• Has difficulty remaining seated when required to do so
• Is easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
• Has difficulty awaiting turns in games or group situations
• Often blurts out answers to questions before they have been completed
• Has difficulty following through on instructions from others (not due to oppositional behaviour or failure of comprehension)
• Has difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities
• Often shifts from one uncompleted activity to another
• Has difficulty playing quietly
• Often talks excessively
• Often interrupts or intrudes on others, e.g. butts in to other children’s games
• Often does not seem to listen to what is being said to him or her
• Often loses things necessary for tasks or activities at school or at home (e.g. toys, pencils, books)
• Often engages in physically dangerous activities without considering possible consequences e.g. runs into street without looking