• Impaired executive functioning skills in such things as:
• Initiating or starting up an activity, organizing or planning the steps
• Involvement in a project, and carrying out intended plans
• Lack of organizational skills and failure to adjust mistakes

• Sitting idle until another person specifically directs him or her
• Lacks energy
• Takes too long to complete a task
• Trouble following a sequence of directions
• Difficulty with thinking ahead to what is needed in a given activity
• Inability to notice and correct errors
• Difficulty taking suggestions and using them to improve performance
• Confused with time and/or spacial orientation
• Fatigues easily
• Could exhibit characteristics noted under Other Health Impairments and Physical Impairments
• Difficulty with social skills
• Difficulty shifting topics

Next Steps

• Discuss concerns with parents
• Review student's past history (academic, medical, etc.)
• Talk to previous teachers. Talk to counselors
• Explore interventions and document the results
• Follow school district's referral procedure