Inattention
• Fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in schoolwork, work, or other activities
• Difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities
• Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
• Does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)
• Difficulty organizing tasks and activities
• Avoids, dislikes, or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort (such as schoolwork or homework)
• Loses things necessary for tasks or activities (e.g., toys, school assignments, pencils, books, or tools)
• Easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
• Forgetful in daily activities
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Impulsivity
• Blurts out answers before questions are completed
• Has difficulty waiting in line or awaiting turn in games or activities
• Interrupts or intrudes on others
• Poor self-control
• Interupt others
• Invade other people's space
• Censor themselves less than others
• Touch or plays with whatever is in sight
• Internally restless and easily frustrated
• May react to stress or stimuli more intensly
• Need to stay constantly busy and do several things at once
• Ask irrelevant or questions
• Display emotions without restraint
• Can be moody and overreact behaviorally or emotional which may be viewed as defiance or disrespect
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Hyperactivity
• Fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat
• Leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remaining seated is expected
• Runs about or climbs excessively in situations in which it is inappropriate (in adolescents or adults, may be limited to subjective feelings of restlessness)
• Difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly
• Is "on the go" or often act as if "driven by a motor"
• Talks excessivel
• Does several things at once
• Bounces from one activity to the next
• When forced to sit still may tap their foot, drum their fingers,shake their legs
• Moves around constantly, often running or climbing innapropriately
• May have a hard time engaging with others socially because of high energy
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