To ascertain if a child is ready for school, paediatricians explore various aspects of a child’s life and functioning, says Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Faculty of Medicine senior consultant developmental paediatrician and general paediatrician Assoc Prof Dr Norazlin Kamal Nor.
"This includes eliciting the child’s developmental and learning level and socioemotional abilities from their parents’ report, observation and assessment of the child’s abilities using specific tools, and interacting personally with the child to determine the child’s ability to socialise and communicate," she adds.
