PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 3 September 1980, pp. 472-473
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Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness

C. Keith Conners PhD1

1 Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC

For many years pediatricians have carried out both informal and systematic assessments of behavior in children, with the early motor assessments of Ilg and Ames perhaps being the most well-known. Levine et al (p 341) have responded to the need for a structured assessment of more complex behavioral functions of the school age child with the PEER (Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness). This instrument will no doubt be welcomed for several reasons: it is brief, systematic, covers a wide range of functions, and fits readily into the pediatrician's repertoire. One can only applaud this effort to provide a systematic, quantitative framework for assessing functions of critical importance to child adaptation and development.