Our Occupational Therapy team are pleased to introduce our online workshops to help you.
These sessions are designed for parents, carers and those working with children and young people. Our aim is to help you understand the sensory needs that a child or young person may be experiencing. It offers strategies, practical advice and tips on how you can enable a child or young person to manage their sensory needs on a daily basis.
Please see below for more information on the sessions and how to register.
Please visit our sensory processing pages for more information on how to support your child, including helpful short videos.
Also check out our Handwriting Essentials workshop.
This sensory processing workshop focuses on how to support younger children (0-5 years). This session can be attended by parents/carers and early years staff/childminders in order to understand a child's needs and how these can be best supported.
| Date | Time | How to register |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20 August 2024 | 9.30-11am |
Or join in person on our Health Bus: |
| Friday 4 October 2024 | 1-2pm | |
| Monday 18 November 2024 | 9.30-11am |
This sensory processing workshop focuses on how to support school age children (5-11 years). This session can be attended by parents/carers and school staff supporting a child or young person in order to understand the young person's needs and how these can be best supported.
| Date | Time | How to register |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 27 August | 9.30-11am |
Or join in person on our Health Bus: |
| Monday 21 October | 1-2.30pm | Sign up here |
| Thursday 28 November | 9.30-11am | Sign up here |
This sensory processing workshop focuses on how to support young people (11-19 years). This session can be attended by young people themselves, parents/carers, siblings and educational staff in order to understand the young person's needs and how these can be best supported.
| Date | Time | How to register |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 27 August | 1-2.30pm |
Or join in person on our Health Bus: |
| Wednesday 13 November | 9.30-11am |
When you visit the link for the training session, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust will use the information you provide for service development purposes. Your email address will only be accessible to those Berkshire Healthcare staff involved in the delivery of the training.
Personal data will be deleted after the webinar, your information will not be shared with any third party and you will not be contacted by Berkshire Healthcare as a result of this training, unless safeguarding concerns arise from the session around your own, or your child’s wellbeing. If this is the case, data will be used to escalate appropriately to the safeguarding team.
Cameras and microphones will remain disabled throughout the session, however, please note that if you do not select ‘Join as a guest’ at the time of the training, your name will be visible to other attendees. Please select ‘Join as a guest’ when you enter and choose a name unrelated to you.