Five Years: Opening the School Door

Authors

• Anna Klunk, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
• Shaquita Bell

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

Kindergarten represents a significant change in a child’s life. Social-emotional readiness, preschool learning, and interactions with peers and family members are some of the elements that can be assessed at this visit. Understanding a child’s educational and social strengths and vulnerabilities can assist both caregivers and pediatric clinicians in planning for school entry.

Publication Title

Dixon and Stein's Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development

Comments

This chapter was published in Dixon and Stein's Encounters with Children: Pediatric Behavior and Development.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-10704-7.00018-8.

Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Inc.

Recommended Citation

Klunk, Anna and Bell, Shaquita, "Five Years: Opening the School Door" (2025). PCOM Scholarly Works. 2376.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/2376 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-10704-7.00018-8