The Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service’s free workshops and courses available online for parents, carers, children and young people are as follows – see the Autism Support and ADHD Support pages for more details.
Please note that all these services are only available to parents/carers of children and young people who have possible or confirmed autism and/or ADHD and are registered with a GP surgery in the Berkshire West NHS area (Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire) – click here for a list of surgeries.
Parents and carers who would like to register an interest in attending workshops or courses, or have any questions, should complete our online referral form, email contact@autismberkshire.org.uk or call 01189 594 594 (option 1) and leave a voicemail message.
If you are a health, education or social care professional who supports autistic and/or ADHD children and young people and their families and you want to make a referral to the service, please click here for our referral form for professionals.
Autism Advice Workshops
These are suitable for parents and carers of autistic children, whether they have a diagnosis, or are waiting for a Berkshire CAMHS assessment.
All workshops take place online. Those in March run between 10am and 11.30am, most of those between April and July will run from 12.30pm to 2pm.
Understanding More About Autism: To be advised.
Sensory Differences: Part 1: Thursday, May 7; Part 2: Thursday, May 14.
Autism & Mainstream Schools: Wednesday, June 3 (10am to 11.30am).
Supporting Behaviour:
- Part 1: Thursday, June 4; Part 2: Thursday, June 11.
Emotional Regulation:
- Thursday, June 25.
Eating & Mealtime Challenges:
- Thursday, July 2.
Workshops for parents/carers of Autistic Teenagers
These are suitable for parents and carers of autistic children aged 11 to 18, whether they have a diagnosis, or are waiting for a Berkshire CAMHS assessment and who are in mainstream education or home-educated and do not have learning disabilities. All take place online between 12.30pm and 2pm unless otherwise stated.
Autism & Teenagers: To be advised.
Anxiety & Autistic Teenagers: Thursday, May 21.
Teenagers & Social Situations: Thursday, June 18.
Transition to Primary School advice session
An online get-together for the parents and carers of autistic children aged 3 to 5, whether they have a diagnosis, or are waiting for a Berkshire CAMHS assessment, who will soon be starting primary school.
Forthcoming sessions: To be advised.
ADHD Advice Workshops
Please note that these are delivered as a linked series, made up of three online workshops – An Introduction to ADHD, Anxiety & ADHD and Managing ADHD Behaviours – and are suitable for parents and carers of children with ADHD, whether they have a diagnosis, or are awaiting an assessment.
Forthcoming series of workshops (all 7pm to 9pm):
- Wednesdays May 6, 13 & 20
- Thursdays June 25, July 2 & 9
Autism & ADHD Follow-up Advice Workshops
These online workshops are suitable for parents and carers of autistic children and for parents and carers of children with possible or confirmed autism and/or ADHD.
Sleep Difficulties: Thursday, July 7, 7pm to 9pm.
Preparing for Adulthood: Wednesday, July 1, 10am to 11.30am.
Autism Berkshire and Parenting Special Children also provide other services for parents, carers, children, young people and autistic adults that are not funded by the NHS. Details are available on each charity’s website.
