Comprehensive Screening Checklist
Early Years & Primary Years
1. Physical & Motor Development
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■ Gross motor skills: balance, coordination, running, jumping
■ Fine motor skills: pencil grip, cutting, tracing
■ Hand–eye coordination
■ Stamina & physical engagement in activities
2. Cognitive & Learning Skills
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■ Attention span during tasks
■ Ability to follow 1-step and multi-step instructions
■ Working memory (recall of details, instructions)
■ Concept understanding (math/language foundations)
■ Problem-solving and reasoning
■ Transfer of learning between contexts
3. Language & Communication
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■ Expressive language clarity and vocabulary use
■ Receptive language: understanding directions
■ Conversation skills: turn-taking, topic maintenance
■ Phonological awareness (EY/PY)
■ Narrative skills and ability to retell
4. Social–Emotional Development
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■ Peer interactions: sharing, cooperation
■ Emotional regulation: responses to frustration
■ Self-confidence and independence
■ Ability to seek help appropriately
■ Adaptability to change
5. Executive Functions
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■ Task initiation
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■ Cognitive flexibility
■ Planning and organisation of materials
■ Impulse control & inhibition
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■ Sustained attention and task completion
6. Classroom Learning Behaviours
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■ Preparedness (materials, transitions)
■ Engagement during whole-class instruction
■ Participation in group work
■ Ability to stay seated/follow routines
■ Response to feedback and redirection
7. Academic Pre■Skills/Skills
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■ Early literacy: letter recognition, phonics, writing readiness
■ Reading fluency and comprehension (PY)
■ Early numeracy: number sense, patterns, basic operations
■ Written work: spacing, spelling, clarity
8. Sensory Processing Indicators
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■ Sensitivity to noise, touch, movement
■ Seeking/avoiding sensory input
■ Ability to regulate arousal level
■ Impact on classroom participation
9. Home–School Functioning
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■ Homework habits
■ Parent observations
■ Consistency of routines
■ Sleep/fatigue indicators