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Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service

Advice about support for adults available in Newbury

Autism Berkshire’s CEO, Jane Stanford-Beale, will be joining Graft Thames Valley, the Community Mental Health Team for West Berkshire and Sport in Mind at their monthly outreach advice session at Broadway House in Newbury this Friday, January 19. Jane will be available from noon to 1.30pm to advise autistic adults about how the Berkshire Adult
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Register for first Berkshire West Autism & ADHD service workshops

Parents and carers can now register for free workshops being delivered by Autism Berkshire and Parenting Special Children for the new Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service in early 2021. These workshops are open to parents and carers who are registered with a GP surgery that is part of the Berkshire West CCG (which
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Find out about new autism school plan for Reading at drop-in consultation events

As a result of the increasing number of children with an autism diagnosis in Reading and the west of Berkshire, the borough council is inviting bids from education trusts to open another specialist school. It would provide 150 places for autistic children and children with complex needs, including social, emotional and mental health, aged from 5 to
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Don’t miss out on West Berkshire workshops for parents

There is still time to register for free places at a number of workshops in West Berkshire this month to help parents of children with autism or who are waiting for an autism assessment. Two places are available at a Supporting Teenagers with Autism workshop in Hungerford next Monday, March 6, with Dr Fiona Knott,
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Workshops for West Berkshire parents still have places available

Places are still available at a free pre-assessment workshop next week for parents and carers living in West Berkshire with children on the NHS waiting list for an autism assessment. The workshop, at Hungerford Youth & Community Centre, in Priory Road, next Wednesday, February 8, from 10.30am to 1pm, will provide tailored support to parents and carers with
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Supporting Teenagers with Autism workshop in West Berkshire changes date

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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Survey seeks information on waiting times for ADHD assessments in Berkshire

Parents and carers living in the Berkshire whose children are on or have recently been on the Berkshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust’s ADHD Assessment Waiting List are being asked to take part in a survey on waiting times. Berkshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust said recently that the wait for an appointment was down to just six weeks but a
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Pre-Assessment workshops in West Berkshire still have places available

There is still time to register for free places at our pre-assessment workshops for parents and carers in West Berkshire later this month. The half-day workshops provide advice for parents and carers of children aged 5+ who are on the Berkshire CAMHS waiting list for an autism spectrum assessment. Two sessions are available, in Calcot on
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Families of West Berkshire children with autism win court fight against short break cuts

A High Court judge has ruled that West Berkshire Council broke the law when it cut funding for short breaks for families of disabled children by 40 per cent. The council was taken to court by two families from Newbury, one with an eight-year-old daughter with autism, epilepsy and a brain malformation, the other with a 14-year-old
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West Berkshire pre-assessment workshops set to start

Parents and carers living in West Berkshire can now benefit from our popular pre-assessment workshops. The first of a series of sessions takes place on Monday, June 20, at the Calcot, Theale and Area Children’s Centre, in Curtis Road, Calcot, from 10am to 12.30pm. The workshops offer information for parents and carers of children aged
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