School Readiness and Neurodevelopment in Very Preterm Children from Ontario

A 2016 study of 112 children born before 29 weeks' gestation in Ontario, Canada, linking their neurodevelopmental scores at 18–24 months to school readiness assessments in kindergarten. The dataset, authored by Kamini Raghuram, was last updated in April 2026. It compares vulnerability rates in the preterm cohort to their Ontario peers using the Early Development Instrument.

Use Cases

• Associating early neurodevelopmental impairment with later school vulnerability based on linked BSID-III and EDI scores.
• Comparing school readiness vulnerability rates between a very preterm cohort and a general population peer group.
• Investigating the relationship between early language development scores and specific domains of school readiness.

Strengths

• Includes 112 children from a specific gestational age (<29 weeks) and geographic region (Ontario, Canada).
• Links two standardized clinical assessments (BSID-III and EDI) for longitudinal analysis.
• Results include specific comparative statistics, such as a 34% vs. 14% vulnerability rate in two or more domains.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 21.1 KB, suggesting limited scope or summary-level data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for detailed statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Kamini Raghuram.

Collection Method

Deterministic linkage of clinical assessment results (BSID-III) with teacher-completed school readiness surveys (EDI).

Time Range

Children born in 2009 and 2012, assessed at 18–24 months and kindergarten age.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:28:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ontario, Canada.