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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an adult with an ADHD diagnosis. I have also taught a lot of ADHD kids. Talking excessively can manifest in a lot of different ways. Not every overly chatty kid will show all of the below, and this symptom can look a bit different for each child.
-A child can’t inhibit talking when an idea springs into his/her mind. The child may talk during teacher instruction, movies, or presentations. They might interrupt another speaker frequently. They may talk despite reminders that it’s not an appropriate time for talking.
- A child monopolizes casual conversation without reading social cues that the other person wants to share something, needs to wrap up the chat, disagrees with the speaker or isn’t interested in the topic. The child might talk for excessively long periods of time without a break.
-A child might interject often, ignoring that others aren’t speaking up and/or that it’s not an appropriate time for individual comments. For example, if an art teacher is showing a painting with a lot of red in it, a student might feel compelled to share something about how they like red, other paintings with red as a dominant color, etc. If a teacher is reading spelling words, the student might offer example sentences with each word.
- A child might ask a question and then interrupt the speaker more than once while receiving the answer to the question.

To a certain extent, these behaviors are normal for kids from time to time. Evaluating when talking is “too much” depends on if it’s meaningfully affecting school and social situations (routinely exhausting parents counts). Keep an eye out also for kids who really can’t seem to control their chattiness in spite of reminders, redirections, routines, and social cues.[/quote]

This is a very good description of various ADHd communication styles. I see the same when tutoring students and in our own ADHD family member’s communication styles.

I would just add that a lot of these communication patterns are (mis)interpreted as “bad” - rude, insubordinate, or egoistic - in school and socially. [/quote]

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