The student may:
- Constantly be out of seat walking around, sharpening pencil, going to the bathroom, etc
- Be fidgety with hands or feet and squirm or reposition constantly in seat
- Stand up and sit down near desk a lot
- Often leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remaining seated is expected
- Often run about or climb excessively in situations in which it is inappropriate
- Often have difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly
- Often “on the go” or often acts as if “driven by a motor”
- Often talks excessively
- Pester other students continually and be perceived as annoying and irritating
- Moves arms, shifts body, and plays with objects
- Need and seek attention from everyone
- Drop items frequently, flip pencil, tap hand, feet, or objects
- Have difficulty finishing thoughts and tasks
- be easily distracted
- Be unable to follow more than one step directions or get off task in the middle of following a one step direction
- Be forgetful
- Stutter, repeat self a lot, say the same phrase or ask the same question over
- Play roughly
