School Readiness

Exploring South Australian trends in Pre-schoolers’ Development and School Readiness from Preschool Directors’ Perspectives

“…The majority of participants in this study suggest that school readiness concerns the child's developmental status and the capabilities they possess at the time of formal school entry, which is supported by the findings of Bender, Pham and Carlson (2011). High (2008), however, states that as much as school readiness concerns the child's capabilities, the term also encompasses the preschool environment, the ability of the family and community to support the child, and lastly, the primary school's readiness to accept children, no matter their developmental status.…”

“…In reviewing the literature, no explicit link has been made linking developmental delay to school readiness. However, these findings together with child development literature suggest a link due to the nature of developmental delay and the prerequisites for successful transition to school (Bender, Pham & Carlson, 2011;High, 2019;Levy, 2011).…”

“…School readiness describes a child's capacities to successfully transition into school, optimising academic and social development (Bender, Pham & Carlson, 2011). Capacities may comprise self-care, attention, postural control, eye-hand coordination, emotional regulation and social skills (Bender, Pham & Carlson, 2011;High, 2008). School readiness is influenced by the "ability of the family and community to support optimal early child development" (High 2008(High , p. 1008.…”

“…The Allied Health Scholar, 2022 (3), 24-45 Bender, Pham and Carlson (2011) state that a child's environment plays a major role in their risk of developmental delay. One prominent environment in the early years is the preschool environment, which affords opportunity for children to develop skills in areas that build on school readiness (High, 2008).…”

Cultivating motivational school-readiness for children with systemic speech disorders through the speech therapy

“…Prior, Е.Bavin, В.Ong [12], S.L. Bender [13] disclosed peculiarities of assessing the readiness for schooling of preschool children (diagnostic procedures, individual and mental characteristics of the subjects, interpretation of the results); -in the works of C.Cipriani [14], the specifics of assessing the school-readiness of 5-8 years old children with impairments in the cognitive sphere, impaired in social-emotional and motor coordination are described; -in the studies of M Guhn, A. Gadermann [15], М.Janus [16], A.Mousavi , V. Krishnan [17], J.E.V. Lloyd, C. Hertzman [18] -in the study of G. Melzi, A. R. Schick and K. Escobar [21] presented a methodology aimed at assessing the level of self-regulation of preschoolers; -in his publication "On educational motivation of preschoolers with speech disorders" S.M.…”