Sequencing Disability
Sequencing Disabilities: The child has difficulty telling or writing a story; the sequence of thoughts or events is all mixed up; he or she may go from the middle to the end then to the start. You might write a 32 on the board but the child copies it as 23. Spelling errors may be noted; all of the letters are there, but in the wrong sequence.
A child with such a disability might hear or read a story, but in recounting it, start in the middle, go to the beginning, then shift to the end. Eventually the whole story comes out, but the sequence of events is wrong.
Or a child might see the math problem as 16 - 3 = ? on the blackboard, but write it as 61 - 3 = ? Or a child might see 2 + 3 = ? and write 2 + 5 = 3. The child knows the right answer but gets the sequence wrong. Spelling words with all of the right letters in the wrong order can also reflect this disability.
Or a child may memorize a sequence – the days of the week, for example – and then be unable to use single units out of the sequence correctly. If you ask what comes after Wednesday, the child cannot answer spontaneously, but must go back over the whole list, "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…" before she or he can answer. A child with a sequence disability might hit the baseball then run to third rather than first base or have difficulty with board games that require moving in a particular sequence. Or when setting the dinner table, he or she might have trouble placing each item in the proper place.
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