UDL Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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What Challenges does Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Present?

To consider the challenges that ADHD presents, it is easiest to catergorize the challenges by the symptoms that they originate from.

Inattention:

Student may seem like they are not listening
Student may be disorganized or may frequently lose things
Student may be easily distracted
Student may make careless mistakes
Student may have trouble concentrating for long periods of time
Student may be forgetful
Student may not finish long tasks

Impulsitivity:

May interrupt others
May yell out answers in class before the question is completed, or without waiting to be called on
May have trouble waiting for their turn

Hyperactivity:

May have trouble staying in their seat
May be very talkative
May have trouble sitting still
May have trouble participating in quiet activitities like study hall

(Gargiuo and Metcalf, 2013)

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When considering the challenges that students with ADHD face, make sure you are mindful to how these challenges may impact their social, emotional and learning abilities. For example, a student who constantly interrupts others may have trouble maintaining friendships with people who do not understand his disability.

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