ADD/ADHD: It's not that they don't have enough attention; they have too much and don't know where to direct their attention.

At age eight, Raymond Martinez couldn't participate on any schedual at home. Unable to remember any series of jobs, he rarely finished anything. Mostly to his parents' frustration, Raymond's bedroom was a catastrophe. Clothes, bedding, and school things were thrown around everywhere. Assignment time became a family lasting hostility. Homework rarely did it at home. When they did, the books Raymond wanted to do always stayed at school (Julian stuart Haber 7).

The word ADD or ADHD refers to children who have attending problems. They can't "filter" out the extra "stuff". A lot of these children are hyper auditory, which means they hear the plane 30,000 f.t high, the door close next door, the second of electricity in your appliances or lights, the air conditioning switch on.