Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Community Settings
The four-day programme equips staff to trainer level and supports them to embed our approach and train staff in their own CAMHS settings.
About this training
This four-day National Autism Trainer Programme (NATP) training is co-produced and co-delivered by autistic people. You will have access to our unique curriculum, Community of Practice support sessions and specialist training days and we will support you to deliver the training in your setting with an autistic co-trainer. The four-day programme trains staff to trainer level and supports them to train staff in their own settings.
Each training course runs over four days and is delivered completely online. Training cohorts have a maximum of 23 delegates to optimise each delegate’s experience and learning.
Four-day training courses for those working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) settings taking place in 2024 can be booked now on a first come first served basis.
Aims of this training
During this training, you will:
Discuss examples of existing good practice and innovative approaches of working with diagnosed and/or undiagnosed autistic people, rather than on or for them
Gain an understanding of the value of modelling collaborative, relational and person-centred values, with your colleagues and with the autistic people you support, and of promoting a balanced narrative about neurodiversity within a CAMHS setting
Practise how to facilitate delivery of slides and animations in your service with the support of an autistic Expert by Experience co-trainer.
To find out more about the CAMHS training, download the summary flyer.
Who is this training for?
This training is suitable for all mental health professionals who currently work or may work with diagnosed or undiagnosed autistic children and young people in NHS-funded CAMHS settings in England. No specialist or high-level skills are required to attend this course. It is suitable for staff including, but not limited to:
mental health practitioners/therapists/counsellors
nurses
psychiatrists
social workers
speech and language therapists
occupational therapists.
If you are not working in a NHS-funded setting in England or are not based in the UK, you can find out about other Anna Freud short courses on autism by contacting us.
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