Social skills are valid predictors for school readiness and subsequent school success. The federal state law for child day-care and preschools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a federal state in Germany, provides additional funds for the targeted and individualized promotion of social developmental delays for children in preschools in social hotspots. | Social developmental delays among 3 to 6 year old children in preschools in German social hotspots Results of a dynamic prospective cohort study