The student may:
- Lash out verbally at others
- Engage others in arguments and conflict
- Unwilling to let issues go or drop them
- Dislike being told what to do
- Do the opposite of what told
- Smile, cross arms, stomp feet, etc when reusing to follow directives
- Become aggressive and act out when told to do something
- Only do tasks or activities they like or enjoy
- Strong verbal protest
- Tantrums and meltdowns when told to do something
- Quietly refuse to do as told
- Remaining in place and refusing to move
- Scowl, appear angry, agitated, irritated, etc
- Withdraw (emotionally or physically)
- Challenge the authority of adults
- Refuse to comply with adult requests
- Refuse to follow classroom routines
- Project blame onto others
- Denies the obvious
- Unable to admit a mistake
- Poor judgment
- Difficulty going from Point A to Point B
- Enormous energy and persistence
- Often plays out scenes of control
- May ask the same question over and over
- Prefers to focus with intensity on one task
- Often have only a couple of friends they seek to control
- Inflexible in their emotions
