children with ADD are hyperactive. "Girls, many times, will be diagnosed with ADD, rather than ADHD. Without the hyperactivity, ADD can be more difficult to diagnose and therefore can go unnoticed for longer periods of time" (Bailey 2). However, almost all children show some signs of being hyperactive.
             Behavioral characteristics of ADD include short attention span, difficulty concentrating, distractibility, and poor impulse control. Compared to a child without the disorder, the child affected by ADD has trouble paying attention and maintaining focus on given tasks (Ingersol 15). The child has a hard time keeping his mind on any one thing and often becomes bored with a task after only a few minutes. There is a tendency to lose things necessary for a task or activity, i.e. toys, pencils, books. Inattentiveness to detail leads to careless mistakes. When directly spoken to, the child will seem as if one is not acknowledged or heard. When a simple task is presented to the child, he finds difficulty gathering and organizing information.
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