Ms Jan Murphy, MNZM, of Christchurch, for services to education and children with intellectual disabilities
Ms Jan Murphy, of Christchurch, for services to education and children with intellectual disabilities
Jan Murphy, as a speech therapist, was one of the founding clinicians of the Champion Centre, New Zealand’s largest early intervention service, which provides family-centred multi-disciplinary early intervention for infants and young children with developmental delays and disabilities. Ms Murphy served as Clinical Practice Manager for more than 20 years. She has supported children and their families as they attended programmes aged between birth and school entry and as they transitioned into either a mainstream or a special school. She has mentored parents, team members and students in therapeutic techniques to facilitate child development and helped produce teaching resources with the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association.