Preschoolers demonstrate rapid growth in motor, cognitive, and socioemotional (SE) skills. The Early Childhood Longitude Study–Birth Cohort was used to investigate the discrepancy in fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, and SE skills between children with and without disabilities. Findings indicated that, compared with typically developing children (TDC), children with disabilities (CWD) have (a) significant discrepancies in preschool and kindergarten among these skills, (b) an increased discrepancy in fine motor and cognitive skills from preschool to kindergarten, (c) the largest gaps in gross motor skills at preschool and kindergarten, and (d) no significant change in SE gaps from preschool to kindergarten. The findings provide evidence to support the discrepancies in motor, cognitive, and SE skills between CWD and TDC that occur as early as preschool, and that these discrepancies are not getting smaller as children enter kindergarten.

学龄前儿童表现出运动，认知和社会情感（SE）技能的快速增长。在儿童早期经度研究，出生队列用于调查残疾儿童和非残疾儿童在精细运动，大运动，认知和SE能力方面的差异。研究结果表明，与通常发育的儿童（TDC）相比，残疾儿童（a）在这些技能中的学前班和幼儿园有显着差异，（b）从学龄前到幼儿园的精细运动和认知技能的差异越来越大， （c）在学前班和幼儿园中最大的运动技能差距，以及（d）从学前班到幼儿园，SE差距没有显着变化。这些发现为支持早在学龄前发生的CWD和TDC之间的运动，认知和SE技能差异提供了证据，并且随着孩子进入幼儿园，这些差异不会越来越小。