Dd is 6 and a half and struggles with behaviour.
Wont do as she is asked
I end up dressing her for school as she gets too distracted
She will often do the opposite of what you ask
Her concentration has always been poor but you could say she hyperfocuses on reading.
She has real ups and downs with behaviour which could be with mild illness or even just a vaccination.
Changes in routine meaning that if she sleeps/naps on a car journey late or is overexcited even on the Sat affect the week aheads behaviour.
She gets over excited about things like parties and again this really affects behaviour.
She struggles in after school activites too. (Mainly in an already down phase).
Literally wont do what she doesnt want to do.
I just tried to do maths with her but she insists on doing it differently so it said circle the 4 sided shapes so she does but then writes on all shapes the number of sides and circles that too. Another q had numbers of children on a bus and she spent ages drawing the bus. Basically she makes things fun for her or avoids what she should be doing.
She does use objects in strange ways in that we have games but she wont necessarily play them but the pieces are used in other things.
Obviously due to the difficult behaviour it makes friendships hard, but she also now doesnt want to play with anyone in her year group.
It's like a mood where she just wants to annoy everyone.
There are a couple of sensory things, hair brushing, water on face. Quite picky eater.
She gets very emotionally tired towards the end of term so little things get exaggerated. Just seems to have less energy than other kids her age.
But it is like she ignores or misses cues as she isnt fazed by HT/teachers/activity leaders. It's like she is a bad sport who wont let others win so will even spite herself to make sure others dont get what they want.
Despite being bright she cant seem to see the consequences she will get for doing things.
We delayed things like swimming hoping she would learn to listen to instructions but she wont and without doing that you cant progress as you need to learn the strokes.
I think she struggles with transitions. So that causes issues at parties as she really doesnt want to stop playing/swimming/bouncing and doesnt want the party to end.
Im also not sure it's not just physical so something like asthma/allergies.
Does this sound more ADHD or ASD?