Working across community, education and health to improve outcomes for people of all ages
National Autism Implementation Team
The National Autism Implementation Team (NAIT) are Scottish Government funded. We are a practitioner researcher partnership based at Queen Margaret University. Our work supports local implementation of evidence informed practice across the life span within a neurodiversity paradigm.
The team:
includes professionals from Education, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry and academics with considerable experience of working with neurodivergent individuals of all ages, their families and others who support them
work in partnership with neurodivergent people to inform all actions
support local implementation of evidence informed practice across the life span within a neurodiversity paradigm
provide practitioner to practitioner support through a growing community of practice
facilitate evidence based actions in the areas of:
Education and inclusive practice
Assessment and diagnosis for children, young people and adults