NATP Experts by Experience
Learn about and connect with NATP Experts by Experience, and book Experts by Experience training courses.
How to work with NATP Experts by Experience
The National Autism Trainer Programme (NATP) will be delivered to thousands of NHS trainers working in mental health settings, as well as staff working in residential special education, and health and justice settings, over three years.
NATP has a strong co-delivery ethos, which means that once qualified as NATP Trainers, staff will co-deliver the NATP curriculum back to their services with Experts by Experience (EbEs).
Experts by Experience are available to co-deliver training in your setting
NATP Trainers and EbEs will work together to deliver the training and enable staff to work in safe and neurodiversity-affirming ways, with diagnosed and undiagnosed autistic people. Experts by Experience are central to the successful implementation of the programme: co-delivering the training content, answering questions, and providing relevant accounts of their experiences.
Eligibility criteria for NATP Experts by Experience
The criteria for becoming an Expert by Experience for NATP include:
Being autistic OR being a sibling/parent of an autistic person who has also experienced additional co-occurring mental health conditions (anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicidality, psychosis, etc).
Having experience as a service user of mental health services, residential special education and/or health and justice services.
Not being a clinician/practitioner in one of these settings.
How to connect with an EbE to co-deliver training
When you qualify as a NATP Trainer, we can connect you with EbEs to co-deliver training in your work setting. You can choose an EbE with relevant experience, who has NATP certification to deliver training in your type of setting.
Please complete this form with details of your requirements, and the NATP team will be in touch shortly with EbE contact details who have NATP certification and relevant experience for your work setting.
For more general queries about working with EbEs you can email the team at natp@annafreud.org
Experts by Experience training
Book the three-day training courses below to qualify as a NATP Expert by Experience, to co-deliver training in the six settings. Please read the Eligibility criteria before booking.
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Adult Inpatient Settings - Experts by Experience
The three-day training prepares potential Experts by Experience to co-deliver the NATP across adult inpatient settings alongside NATP-trained NHS delegates.
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CYP Inpatient Settings Training for Experts by Experience
The three-day training equips potential Experts by Experience to co-deliver the NATP across children and young people inpatient settings alongside NATP-trained NHS delegates.
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Adult Community Settings Training for Experts by Experience
This three-day course prepares potential Experts by Experience to co-deliver the NATP in adult community settings with NATP-trained NHS delegates.
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CAMHS Community Settings - Experts by Experience
This three-day course prepares potential Experts by Experience to co-deliver the NATP in CAMHS community settings with NATP-trained NHS delegates.
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Residential Special Schools and Colleges - Experts by Experience
This three-day training prepares potential Experts by Experience to co-deliver the NATP across special residential schools and colleges settings alongside NATP trainers.
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Health and Justice Settings Training for Experts by Experience
The three-day course prepares potential Experts by Experience to co-deliver the NATP across health and justice settings alongside NATP-trained delegates.