Living Guideline Group

At the core of the living guideline process is the Living Guideline Group or LGG, an advisory group of sectoral experts. First convened in 2009, membership has included educators, people with lived experience, health professionals and service providers. The group currently has eight members and three ex-officio members and seconds expertise as needed.

Current LGG members

Dr Matt Eggleston (outgoing Chair), Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Family Specialty Service, Canterbury DHB
Dr Andrew Marshall (Co-Chair), Developmental Paediatrician, Child Development Team at Puketiro Centre, Porirua
Joanne Dacombe (Co-Chair), Autistic Self advocate, researcher, and Chairperson of the ASAN's Australia and NZ Branch
Dr Vijaya Dharan, educational psychologist and educator, Institute of Education, Massey University
Dr Tanya Breen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Specialist in Autism and Disability Issues
Dr Elizabeth Doell, Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy, Institute of Education, Massey University
Dr Larah van der Meer, Autism Researcher at Victoria University, and research advisor at Autism New Zealand
Dr Martyn Matthews, independent autism researcher
Daniel Smith, Autistic Self advocate, member of Altogether Autism's Consumer Reference Panel
Dorothy Taare-Smith, Takiwātanga education facilitator and whānau advocate

Ex officio Members

Helen Hayes, Portfolio Manager, Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People
Donna Caddie, Manager, Investment and Strategic Design – Learning Support Te Pae Aronui, Ministry of Education
Marita Broadstock, Autism/Takiwātanga Living Guideline Manager, systematic reviewer, INSiGHT Research

Past LGG Members

Adjunct Professor Jill Bevan-Brown, Massey University
Dr Sally Clendon, Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy, Institute of Education, Massey University
Emeritus Professor Ian Evans, Massey University
Dr Debbie Fewtrell, General Practitioner with special interest in autism, Kerikeri
Sue Kinnear, Special Education Needs Coordinator, Hutt Intermediate School