Some of the possible reasons are listed below. Some children may have more than one of the possible reasons for difficulties.
- Hearing loss / glue ear
- General delayed development
- Tiredness
- Tasks are too easy and they become bored
- Tasks are too hard and they switch off
- The Adult’s language is too complicated
- The adult is talking about something they are not focused on
- There are too many distractions, noise, TV, etc
- They may feel poorly
- They may have specifically delayed development in the area of attention skills