NZCYES snapshot: Specific learning disorders (SLD) in children and young people in Aotearoa

Karen Tustin; Judith Adams; Nick Bowden; Helena McAnally; Andrew Wicken; Barry Taylor; Fiona Turnbull

doi:10.82348/our-archive.00173

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NZCYES snapshot: Specific learning disorders (SLD) in children and young people in Aotearoa

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NZCYES snapshot: Specific learning disorders (SLD) in children and young people in Aotearoa

Karen Tustin, Judith Adams, Nick Bowden, Helena McAnally, Andrew Wicken, Barry Taylor and Fiona Turnbull

New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago

09/06/2026

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https://doi.org/10.82348/our-archive.00173

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/51229

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Children

Young people

Neurodevelopmental conditions

Specific learning disorders

dyslexia

dyscalculia

Specific learning disorder with impairment in written expression

Epidemiology

Community child health

Adolescent health

Neonatal and child health

This research snapshot highlights key findings on specific learning disorders (SLD) from the NZCYES report, Kanorau ā-roro: Neurodevelopmental Conditions in Children and Young People in Aotearoa. It also presents evidence-based recommendations to better support children and young people with SLD, drawing on current best practice.

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Record Identifier: 9926871644601891
Title: NZCYES snapshot: Specific learning disorders (SLD) in children and young people in Aotearoa
Creators: Karen Tustin
Judith Adams
Nick Bowden
Helena McAnally
Andrew Wicken
Barry Taylor
Fiona Turnbull
Academic Unit: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES); Paediatrics and Child Health (DSM)
Publisher: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago
Date published ; e-published: 09/06/2026
Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s) 2026. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed to the creator(s) and the source, is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, and a link to the Creative Commons license is provided.
Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Report; Research Brief
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NZCYES snapshot: Specific learning disorders (SLD) in children and young people in Aotearoa

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