Attention Deficit Disorder
Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is normally detected in children upon entering school, or around the ages of 5 and 6. ... There are four classifications of ADD and they are selective attention, distractibility, impulsivity and sometimes hyperactivity, in which case it would be known as ADHD. Selective attention is when a child goes form one extreme to another. ... They can’t tune out other distractions that may be going on in the classroom and pay attention to the teacher. ... Hyperactivity is not always a characteristic of ADD, but is one very important symptom of this disorder. An Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disordered (ADHD) child is much more active than a child who is normal. ... In closing, we need to give a child with AD(H)D a special more personal attention based on the needs at hand.