| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in schools can | | | | block out. He cannot just stay focused on what the |
| be very difficult. The ADHD child suffers from | | | | teacher is saying like a person without ADHD can. |
| symptoms of ADHD that may label the child as a | | | | Other ADHD symptoms are impulsiveness. The child |
| problem child. | | | | cannot think ahead of time what the outcome will be |
| The child may not listen to the teacher causing | | | | of a certain situation. For instance, another child calls |
| frustration to the teacher. The child is not listening | | | | the ADHD child a name. Impulsively the child may hit |
| because his mind is going so fast. He or she is thinking | | | | the child who called him or her a name. This leads to |
| of one thing, then will switch to another topic and so | | | | frustration and problems with the child getting into a lot |
| forth. Also, the child is hearing every single thing that | | | | of trouble at school. The child does not mean to hurt |
| makes a noise around him. He hears people talking in | | | | another child but since he or she acts on impulse it is |
| the room or out in the hallway, someone blowing their | | | | too late to go back and change the outcome of the |
| nose, another child dropping their pencil; normal things | | | | situation. |
| people without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | | | | |