SCHOOL READINESS - AN OBSTACLE FO INTERVENTION AND INCLUSION

School readiness practices, which include school readiness screenings before school entry, and extra-year school readiness programs for chil dren identified as immature, may interfere with the provision of early intervention services and the inclusion of young children with their peers in kindergarten and ist grade. This paper examines school readin ess practices, some of the assumptions behind the school readiness con troversy, the efficacy research on these programs, legal issues relate d to school readiness practices, and how school readiness practices in terfere with early intervention and the inclusion of all children in t he schools.