Our forthcoming Supporting Teenagers with Autism workshop for parents and carers living in West Berkshire has been moved to a new date, due to a diary clash. It will now take place in Hungerford on the evening of Monday, March 6, from 7pm to 9.30pm, to allow parents who have other commitments during the day
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Parents and carers still have time to book free places on a number of training workshops we are running next week. A pre-assessment workshop for those living in the west of Berkshire is taking place at Calcot on Monday, providing information and signposting advice to families with children aged 5+ who are on the Berkshire
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There’s still time to register for Autism Berkshire training courses for autistic adults and for parents and carers taking place next week. Autistic adults aged 19 or over living in Slough and Windsor & Maidenhead can join free eight-week Socialeyes and Independent Living courses, which take place in the evening. The Socialeyes course, which starts
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We are offering more chances for parents and carers of teenagers with autism to get expert advice from specialists from the Centre for Autism at the University of Reading. Seven more workshops taking place at venues around Berkshire between January and March 2017, led by clinical psychologists, a speech and language therapist and a parenting practitioner, will provide tailored
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Relaxation classes in the east of Berkshire for children with autism and their parents and carers will return in January. They will again take place at venues in Bracknell, Windsor and Slough and are led by Katia Cornwall. She is a certified yoga and deep relaxation yoga nidra teacher and has many years of experience working
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Families across Berkshire currently face a wait of more than 12 months for an appointment after children are referred for diagnosis of autism spectrum conditions. Due to the length of the CAMHS waiting list, the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group federations in the east and west of Berkshire have contracted Autism Berkshire to help deliver advice
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After running successful pilot sessions this year, Autism Berkshire will be providing more NAS Family Seminar courses for parents and carers living in the Windsor, Maidenhead and Bracknell areas in 2017. The seminars, which are free of charge, use course materials developed by specialists from the National Autistic Society. After feedback from previous course participants
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We still have free places available at a number of workshops for parents and carers in the next two weeks. There are three sessions on Supporting Teenagers with Autism, for families with children aged 11+ with Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism, who attend a mainstream school. The first is in Slough this Friday, December 2, with
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Training parents in therapy techniques to communicate and interact with their child has been shown to help reduce the severity of autism symptoms in the long term, according to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet. The Pre-school Autism Communication Trial (PACT), led by staff at the University of Manchester, King’s College London
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Autism Berkshire’s Pre-Assessment Workshop service for parents and carers whose children are waiting for an autism spectrum assessment is expanding, with sessions in Hungerford starting soon. The provision of the free workshops at the Croft Hall in the West Berkshire town builds on sessions launched earlier this year at Calcot, for parents living in the east of the district.
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Southcote Family Hub drop-in advice session
Wednesday, 13th May, 2026, 9:30 am - 11:00 amSouthcote Family Hub, Reading - 85 Coronation Street, Southcote Reading Berkshire RG30 3Q
Workshop for parents/carers of autistic adults: Anxiety & Autism and Understanding Other People
Wednesday, 13th May, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
East & North Reading Family Hub drop-in advice session
Thursday, 14th May, 2026, 9:30 am - 11:00 amEast and North Family Hub, Reading - Sun Street Community Hub, Sun Street Reading Berkshire RG1 3JX
Job opportunity with Autism Berkshire advising and supporting autistic adults
Tuesday, 14th April, 2026
Join us to celebrate Autism Acceptance Week at special activities
Monday, 23rd March, 2026
Get advice on preparing autistic children to join primary school
Wednesday, 18th March, 2026
