Can be…

• An intelligent child who fails at school.
• Trouble with one or more of these: maths, spelling, writing or reading.
• Knows maths or spelling one day but forgotten the next.
• Trouble distinguishing between left and right, up and down, front and back.
• Does well in some things but unexpectedly poorly at others.
• Difficulty stopping and moving to a new activity when doing something they like, or have done successfully before.
• Is a quiet child who bothers nobody in the classroom but does not learn.
• Over-reacting in situations.
• Prefers to play with children younger than themselves.