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 11 members and 2 ex-officio members.

Current LGG members

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 Tanya Breen Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Specialist in Autism and Disability Issues
Dr Vijaya Dharan educational psychologist and educator, Institute of Education, Massey University
Dr Elizabeth Doell language and learning consultant, Honorary teaching and research Fellow, Institute of Education, Massey University
Dr Matt Eggleston Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Family Specialty Service, Canterbury DHB
Dr Martyn Matthews independent consultant in autism and developmental disabilities, Wellington
Dr Rochelle Nafatali (Luatuanu’u, Lauli’i) Pacific Clinical psychologist, Department of Corrections, Northland
Daniel Smith, Autistic Self advocate, member of Altogether Autism's Consumer Reference Panel
Dr Jessica Tupou (Ngāti Mamoe, Ngāi Tahu) Educational psychologist, lecturer in inclusive education and Mātauranga Māori, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Larah van der Meer Autism Researcher at Victoria University, research and advocacy manager at Autism New Zealand, Co-Chair Australian Autism Research Council (AARC).

Ex officio Members

Marita Broadstock Autism/Takiwātanga Living Guideline Manager, Director, INSiGHT Research, Christchurch
Helen Hayes Portfolio Manager, Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People, Christchurch

Past LGG Members

Dorothy Taare-Smith, Takiwātanga education facilitator and whānau advocate
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