Experts by Experience

Involvement of Experts by Experience in NATP

During the pilot of NATP in 2021-2022, the programme was fortunate to have the involvement of a large group of Experts by Experience. Anna Freud and AT-Autism were then commissioned to deliver the roll-out of the programme nationally, and have continued to work with this original group of people that we refer to as ‘NATP EbEs’. Please note that this is a closed group and there are currently no plans for recruitment of new NATP EbEs.

Although it is preferable that services co-deliver local training with a Local Expert by Experience (see section below), services that do not have existing relationships with EbEs locally can request for one of our NATP EbEs to support them with co-delivery of their training.

Connecting with NATP Experts by Experience

If you are a member of staff planning to deliver training in your setting, who would like to connect with one of our NATP EbEs, please review their profiles in our NATP EbE profiles document below.

NATP EbE profiles document

The NATP EbE profiles document tells you:

• the training stream they are qualified to co-deliver,

• their geographical area for in-person training or their ability to co-deliver training online,

• information on their background.

Planning your training with NATP Experts by Experience

Once you have found an EbE in this document who would be suitable to co-deliver training in your service, please email us to receive their contact details. If you are unsure which EbE you would like to work with, please complete this form with your requirements, and we will be in touch to help connect you with an NATP EbE who matches them.

Please make sure you request to connect with an NATP EbE as early as possible in your planning process to ensure they are included in planning co-delivery of training and have sufficient notice of training session dates.

Local Experts by Experience

Local EbEs are lived experience experts who have an established relationship with a relevant NATP setting, which is planning to co-deliver NATP training to its staff.

We recently ran Experts by Experience training courses for existing lived experience experts to gain accreditation to co-deliver NATP to staff in services. The last round of Experts by Experience training for NATP began in November 2024 and it is no longer possible to book these courses.

There are currently no plans to run further EbE training dates for this programme. However, if you are an Expert by Experience with an existing relationship with a local service where you plan to deliver training, and you are still interested in being trained, please email autism@annafreud.org to request to be added to the EbE NATP training waitlist. If there is sufficient interest, we may look to add a new training date, and will contact those on the waitlist to notify them.

Please note that completing the three-day EbE training does not qualify EbEs to receive information about opportunities to co-deliver training in other services nationally. These opportunities will only be circulated to NATP Experts by Experience.

If you are looking to deliver training in your service and do not already have an Expert by Experience trained to co-deliver with you, please email the team at natp@annafreud.org and we will look to find alternative accommodations for you. You can also view available NATP EbEs in the EbE profiles document shown above.