In each column in the following table, circle the characteristics that most accurately describe your child:  
     
 
Symptoms
Daily Issues
Family Factors
Calm / Fidgets
Self-esteem:
Good / Fair
Difficulty falling asleep:
Yes / No
Easy going / Aggressive
Intelligence:
Low / Average / High
Difficulty waking up:
Yes / No
High energy / Lethargic
Gets along with friends:
Yes / No
Restless:
Yes / No
Happy / Depressed
Inattentive:
Yes / No
Self-centered:
Yes / No
Pleasant / Irritable
Impulsive:
Yes / No
Accident prone:
Yes / No
Charming / Sullen
Disorganized:
Yes / No
Interrupts/butts in:
Yes / No
Class clown / Shy
Loses things:
Yes / No
Two parent family:
Yes / No
Relaxed / Anxious
Forgets things:
Yes / No
Step-parents:
Yes / No
Cautious / Daring
Complies with requests:
Yes / No
Family understands AD/HD (supportive):
Yes / No
Tenacious / Gives up easily
Will do chores:
Yes / /No
Reasonable discipline:
Yes / No
Compliant / Defiant
Truthful:
Yes / No
Open communication:
Yes / No
Copes well / Easily frustrated
Responds to medication:
Yes / No
Relatives understand AD/HD (supportive):
Yes / No
Angry outbursts / Calm
Family stresses (money, illness, divorce, remarriage):
Yes / No
Talks a lot / Quiet and low-key
Attending the same school:
Yes / No
 
     
  Using the characteristics you have circled as a reference, describe your child in sentence form. Here is an example: My child is calm, but fidgets with anything that is put in front of him. He has fair self-esteem and average intelligence. As parents, we tend to exaggerate what we perceive as our children's weaknesses, and this is a great tool to help you see your child more objectively. When you do so, you are seeing your child through God's eyes and can more easily recognize what he or she brings to the world.  
 
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