[Developmental delay of school beginners with resulting partial performance limitations]

There is an incomplete degree of school maturity in approximately ten per cent of our school beginners because of developmental delays which may have genetic or psychosocial causes or may be caused by an infantile cerebral dysfunction. A consequence of these developmental delays are the partial disturbances of performance frequently resulting in failure at school. An early registration of the partial disturbances of performance is important for the prognosis of these children in order to prevent the development of secondary unbalanced behaviour. Moreover an after maturation of the damaged cerebral centres can be reached by early support.