ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder

IS:        “chronic limited alertness” that can interfere with one’s ability to listen, think, and learn, as well as to organize, plan, and execute goal-oriented behaviors.

CAN:   affect one or more basic attentional dimensions:

OMISSIONS - “inattention” that can cause lapses in vigilance and related “holes” in learned content and observations;

COMMISSIONS - “impulsivity” that prompts a series of fast, random, and maladaptive decisions and reduced ability to inhibit one’s actions;

REACTION TIME - slower “speed of response” that results in missed opportunities for success; 

and

VARIABILITY - “inconsistency” in terms of pacing one’s reactions.

MAY:  co-occur with perceptual-motor disabilities, learning disabilities, severe behavior disorders, and other information processing lags.

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