The student may:
- Frequently off task
- Easily distracted
- Need frequent redirection and refocusing
- Unable to follow multi-step directions or even finish one step directions
- Get lost in the middle of tasks, sentences, conversations, explanations, etc
- Frequently looking out window, around room, at objects, people, etc
- Appear confused when assignment begins
- Needs frequent restating of instructions
- Often say’s “what?” or questions what has been said or asked
- Appear confused, disoriented, or lost
- Often fail to give close attention to details or make careless mistakes
- Have difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities
- Frequently switches from one activity to another
- Rarely completes one task before beginning another
- Seem scattered and disorganized
- Have a chaotic thought pattern, jumping from one topic to another with no connection or transition
- Often doesn’t seem to be listening when spoken to directly or looks through speaker
- Often not follow through on instructions and/or fail to finish schoolwork
- Have difficulty organizing tasks and activities
- Often avoid or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort
- Often lose things necessary for tasks or activities
- Be easily distracted
- Be forgetful
