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Autism Berkshire improves training for professionals

Autism Berkshire is expanding its training services for professionals, offering an improved range of workshops for those whose jobs involve supporting autistic children, young people and adults. The workshops aim to give participants an understanding of what autism is and how it can affect autistic people’s social and communication skills, sensory processing and behaviour, and
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Expert speakers lined up for All About Autism conference in Slough

Parents, carers and autism professionals can hear from a series of specialists and get expert advice at our forthcoming All About Autism conference in Slough on World Autism Awareness Day 2019 – Tuesday, April 2. Dr Fiona Knott, our opening speaker of the day, will talk about Anxiety and Autism – Tips for Parents. Dr Knott is a clinical psychologist and the co-director of the
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Conference in Slough is centrepiece of Autism Awareness Week events

Autism Berkshire has a busy programme lined up for Autism Awareness Week 2019 at the start of April, including a one-day All About Autism conference at The Curve library and cultural hub in Slough on Tuesday, April 2.  The speakers at the conference, which will run from 9.45am to 2.30pm, will look at a range of
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Professionals who work with autistic children can benefit from discounted training

Thanks to funding from RCVYS (Reading Children’s & Voluntary Youth Services) Autism Berkshire is delighted to be able to provide a series of new training workshops for professionals who work with autistic children in Reading. We are also able to offer discounted twilight or INSET training sessions about autism for groups of staff at schools and
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Professionals can get an insight into autism at courses in Maidenhead and Reading

Professionals working in a range of roles can learn about supporting autistic people on a training course being run by Autism Berkshire in Maidenhead in the run-up to Autism Awareness Week 2018 at the end of March. The Introduction to Autism course provides an understanding of what autism is and what it feels like to
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Safeguarding Autistic Girls workshop provides tailored advice for professionals

Professionals who work with autistic girls can benefit from a training workshop about safeguarding, led by Berkshire autism advocate Carly Jones MBE, in conjunction with Autism Berkshire. The workshop on Wednesday, March 21, at RISC, in London Street, Reading, draws on material from Carly’s autistic girls-specific online safeguarding course called Boundaries, Bodies, Abuse and Reporting it
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New workshops focus on safeguarding autistic girls

Autism Berkshire is delighted to announce a series of new workshops about safeguarding autistic girls, led by Berkshire-based autism advocate Carly Jones. The workshops, for autistic girls living in Berkshire, their parents and carers and professionals who work with them, will draw on material from Carly’s autistic girls-specific online safeguarding course called Boundaries, Bodies, Abuse and Reporting
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Training courses for professionals in Slough offer an insight into autism

Professionals working in a range of roles can learn more about supporting people with autism on training courses being run by Autism Berkshire for the first time in Slough. The Introduction to Autism course provides an understanding of what autism is and what it feels like to have autism, as well as offering strategies and ideas
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Problem-Solving Toolkit Workshop offers advice to parents and professionals on services and easing disputes

Autism Berkshire is delighted to offer a new Problem-Solving Toolkit Workshop course for parents, carers and professionals in conjunction with Cerebra, the charity for children with brain conditions, including autism. The workshop will: Consider commonly-occurring problems that parents face accessing services Recognise different types of dispute Identify and use the problem-solving approaches within the Toolkit. The first
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