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 (Chair), Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Clinical Head, Child and Family Specialty Service, Canterbury DHB
Dr Andrew Marshall (Deputy Chair), Developmental Paediatrician, Child Development Team at Puketiro Centre, Porirua
Dr Vijaya Dharan, Senior Lecturer in Specialist Teaching/Inclusive Education, Institute of Education, Massey University
Tanya Breen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Specialist in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Disability Issues, Clinical Consultant for Altogether Autism, Hamilton
Dr Sally Clendon, 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, Technical Specialist in immuno-histochemistry, Waikato Hospital, member of Altogether Autism's Consumer Reference Panel

Ex officio Members

Ondine Claridge, Ministry of Health
Matt Frost, Ministry of Education
Marita Broadstock, INSiGHT Research

Past LGG Members

Adjunct Professor Jill Bevan-Brown, 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