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 the autumn of 2026 will run between 10am and 11.30am.
Understanding More About Autism: Thursday, September 10.
Sensory Differences: Part 1: Thursday, September 24; Part 2, Thursday, October 1.
Autism & Mainstream Schools: Thursday, October 15.
Supporting Behaviour: Part 1: Thursday, November 5; Part 2, Thursday, November 12.
Emotional Regulation: Thursday, November 19.
Eating & Mealtime Challenges: Thursday, December 3.
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 10am and 11.30am unless otherwise stated.
Autism & Teenagers: Thursday, September 17.
Anxiety & Autistic Teenagers: Thursday, October 8.
Teenagers & Social Situations: Thursday, November 26.
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):
- Thursdays September 10, 17 & 24.
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: Tuesday, September 28, 7pm to 9pm.
Preparing for Adulthood: Thursday, December 10, 10am to 11.30am.
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.
Autism Berkshire and Parenting Special Children also provide other services for parents, carers, and children & young people that are not funded by the NHS. Details are available on each charity’s website.
