Helping kids get organized

What makes kids disorganized? Is it that they just don't want to do it? Or is there more going on? For kids who have hidden disabilities like Autism, they can have an executive functioning deficit which makes it difficult for them to organize and handle tasks that consist of multiple steps and keeping information in short term memory long enough to pull them out when ready for the next step.
If you are simply reminding them of every step over and over and are looking for some skill making tools to try and help these kids become for self managing, the R.O.P.E.S may offer some help.

I recently attended a training on Learning the R.O.P.E.S. for improved Executive Function with trainer Patty Schetter. Here is a link to a website featuring Patty.

I have been using some of the techniques/tools with my son and it does seem to be helping him.

http://www.autismandbehavior.com/about.htm