In preschool years:

Inability to follow directions

Impulsive and uncontrolled behavior

Excessive crying and disturbed sleep

Poor sense of rhythm; uneven walk

Fear of swings and slides

Frequent falls and tendency to bump into things

Purposeless hyperactivity

Unusual quietness and inactivity

Excessive craving for sweets

Poor eating habits

Constant interrupting and persistent chatter

Excessive repetition in speaking, questioning, or playing

Tendency to become more upset with people around than when alone

Language problems as evidenced

Tendency to be fearless, climbing counters and roofs with no concern

In school years:

Very poor handwriting

Difficult cutting with scissors or coloring inside the lines

Inability to tie shoelaces, button clothes

Trouble in matching shapes and sizes: squares, circles, triangles

Confusion in discriminating between letters, words, and numbers: b and d, was and saw, 6 and 9

No understanding of the difference between up and down, in or out, left and right, front or back

Good verbal ability, but trouble reading.

Mechanical reading without comprehension.

Difficulty in expressing ideas.

Erratic school work.

Excessive activity that seems purposeless, restless, and undirected

Unusual activity characterized by daydreaming and inner distraction

Clumsiness and awkwardness in throwing and catching balls

Difficulty in skipping, hopping, jumping

Trouble game playing and group rules

Confused sense of time and distance

Emotional instability; explosions for no apparent reason

Tendency to be extremely literal or humorless

Excessive gullibility

Extreme uneven performances in testing with some far above or far below