Information, Advice and Support - IAS Service for Windsor and Maidenhead

28/11/2025

GEMS run a whole heap of brilliant free webinars for parets and carers - have a look at the sessions they are offering.

About Workshops As a parent or carer, you may want more information, guidance, or connection to better understand and support your child’s unique ways of thinking, learning, and experiencing the world. At GEMS, we recognise this and provide a variety of FREE virtual courses and workshops to help y...

27/11/2025

Understanding the experiences of mental health care for young adults in Berkshire - survey

NHS Berkshire Foundation Trust is looking to understand and improve the experiences of younger adults accessing mental health services in Berkshire - please ask your young adults to take a few minutes to fill in this survey .

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=a2ektcThCEyAqc80otZzJMDBgvl9205Jm7oHQBVi-DNURUxKWlZSNEVPUzhPQUU5RkVONEY5R0NBVy4u

26/11/2025

WEBINAR:
https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/advice-and-support/events/webinar-parental-burnout-child-meltdowns-behaviour/

Join the free webinar with Stephanie Batey, a neurodiversity speaker for The Inclusive Teacher Company, as she shares practical advice and strategies to support your child through a meltdown.

Supporting parents & carers

📅 Date: Wednesday 10th December
⏰ Time: 10am - 11am

Discover practical strategies to support parental burnout and child meltdowns. Join our free webinar with expert Stephanie Batey.

25/11/2025

GEMS PDA Workshop
Online: Wednesday 11th March 2026 10am-12noon

Hosted by The Autism Group
This workshop will allow you to explore what PDA really means and how anxiety drives demand avoidance. Learn practical and compassionate strategies to reduce pressure, build trust and support autistic children and young people with a PDA profile in home and school settings.

Booking link ; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pda-demand-avoidance-tickets-1963181432512?aff=oddtdtcreator

Our previous PDA workshop sold out in under 24 hours so please do not delay in booking your space.

24/11/2025

GEMS PDA Workshop
Online: Wednesday 11th March 2026 10am-12noon

Hosted by The Autism Group
This workshop will allow you to explore what PDA really means and how anxiety drives demand avoidance. Learn practical and compassionate strategies to reduce pressure, build trust and support autistic children and young people with a PDA profile in home and school settings.

Booking link ; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pda-demand-avoidance-tickets-1963181432512?aff=oddtdtcreator

Our previous PDA workshop sold out in under 24 hours so please do not delay in booking your space.

Hosted by The Autism Group - For parents/carers who reside or have a GP in East Berkshire - Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead and Bracknell.

24/11/2025

Understanding the experiences of mental health care for young adults in Berkshire - survey

NHS Berkshire Foundation Trust is looking to understand and improve the experiences of younger adults accessing mental health services in Berkshire - please ask your young adults to take a few minutes to fill in this survey .

24/11/2025

Witherslack Podcast: Teenagers and Challenging Behaviours
Mathew Bell from Team WG, who has over 13 years of experience working with children and young people. He shares insights on the importance of communication in building strong relationships with children, along with practical strategies to support
them through new transitions. We also explore effective approaches for managing routines, structure, and sleep.https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/advice-and-support/resources/sensational-podcast-teenagers-challenging-behaviour-navigating-neurodiversity/

20/11/2025

GEMS VIRTUAL COFFEE MORNING
In order to be able to reserve a space please provide the following information via gems.4health@nhs.net

Your Full Name:
Your email address:
Local authority: Slough/RBWM/Bracknell
Childs condition: Autism/ADHD/BOTH
Childs pathway: suspected/waiting assessment/diagnosed.

Please note that our virtual coffee mornings are not workshops, they have been created to provide parents and carers the opportunity to meet others who understand and can relate to their experiences.

20/11/2025

19/11/2025

Book your free place via: https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/advice-and-support/events/webinar-autism-adhd-strategies-to-improve-sleep/

18/11/2025

Ahead of the publication of the Schools White Paper on SEND reform, which is due to be published early next year, the Department for Education is holding a series of in-person and online events for parents, carers, school staff and SEND professionals to “discuss and understand views on the core principles for SEND reform and ensure that our reforms are grounded in lived experience”.

You can find out more about these events, and sign up to them at the link below. The online event is already fully booked, but the page says that "Further dates and locations will be added".

🔗 https://bit.ly/dfesend

18/11/2025

Our webinars provide expert evidence-based information on a range of topics that are important for child and family wellbeing when a child has a neurodevelopmental condition.

Here are our upcoming sessions.
https://buff.ly/d2jnM14