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Medical #1: Medication side effect: Some students may have difficulty focusing and therefore difficulty with organization as a side effect of medication. Medical Possibility #2: Medication interactions: Some students may have difficulty focusing and therefore difficulty with organization as a result of medication interactions. Medical Possibility #3: : Fatigue: Some students have difficulty organizing as a result of fatigue (e.g., insufficient sleep).
Cognitive/Self-Regulatory Possibility #1: Specific organizational impairment: Some students may have difficulty with organization as a result of a specific organizational impairment. (See Cognitive/Self-Regulatory Possibility #2: Attention deficit: Some students may have difficulty with organization as a result of problems with components of attention. (See Tutorial on Attention.) Cognitive/Self-Regulatory Possibility #3: Generally impaired self-regulation: Some students may have difficulty organizing as a result of general difficulty with other aspects of self-regulation. (See Tutorials on Self-Regulation, Self-Awareness, Organization, Planning, Inhibition, Problem Solving.) Cognitive/Self-Regulatory Possibility #4: Inhibition impairment: Some students may have difficulty organizing as a result of inhibition impairment (i.e., impulse-control problems). (See Tutorials on Self-Regulation, Inhibition.) Cognitive/Self-Regulatory Possibility #5: Weak orientation to task: Some students may have difficulty organizing as a result of uncertainty regarding what is required of them. (See Tutorials on Language Comprehension; Organization.) Cognitive/Self-Regulatory Possibility #6: Generally weak cognitive functioning: Some students have difficulty organizing as a result of excessive demands placed on their memory, organizational ability, academic skill, or other cognitive ability. (See Tutorials on Cognition, Memory, Organization.) Behavioral Possibility #1: Oppositionality: Some students may appear to have difficulty organizing as a result of oppositional behavior (see Behavioral Possibility #2: Manipulativeness: Some students may appear to have difficulty organizing as a form of manipulation (other than oppositional behavior). (See Behavioral Possibility #3: Attention seeking: Some students may appear to have difficulty organizing as a way to seek adult and/or peer attention. (See
Social-Emotional Possibility #1: Depression: Some students may have difficulty organizing because they are upset, depressed, and/or lack positive relationships with peers and/or adults. (See Social-Emotional Possibility #2: Anxiety: Some students may have difficulty organizing as a result of anxiety. (See Social-Emotional Possibility #3: Frustration: Some students may have difficulty organizing as a result of feeling frustrated. (See
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Problem: The student appears to have difficulty organizing materials, language, and ideas; items in his desk and locker are disorganized; descriptions and narratives are poorly organized; written papers are poorly organized.
Please review the list of possible explanations to the problem. Click on a possibility to learn about relevant observations and experiments to further determine the source of the problem There are 4 categories: 
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