Adult Learning and Day Opportunities

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Adult Learning and Day Opportunities

Building personal development and skills for greater confidence and independence.

We support autistic individuals and those with learning disabilities as they move to the next chapter of their lives, offering guidance for personal development and skills for life and employment. Many adults in our community face challenges with basic life skills such as budgeting, money management, and using public transport, which limits their independence. Our Adult Learning and Day Opportunities Programme helps individuals build essential life skills, confidence, and friendships, while focusing on their strengths and goals to promote self-esteem and independence.

Life and Social Skills
Developing life skills sits at the heart of Talkback. We support people to stay safe at home and in the community, build independence through travel training, budgeting, shopping and cooking, and move towards employment. Our social groups also provide a welcoming space to practise communication, express ideas and opinions, and make new friends.
Work Experience
Our work experience groups build skills in retail, hospitality and customer-facing roles. Each group combines practical experience with theory-based sessions to help you identify the most suitable pathway for the future, whether that be volunteering or paid work. This includes opportunities in our own ChalTea café, where members can build confidence in a real customer-facing environment.
Horticulture
Our outdoor working group builds skills, engages people in work-related activity, and promotes positive physical and mental wellbeing. With a clearly structured day that includes a wide variety of horticultural tasks, the group encourages the values and benefits of work.
Performing and Creative Arts
Our performing and creative arts groups use a range of traditional techniques, including drawing, painting and working with clay, alongside music, physical activity, mindfulness and theatre. Our weekly theatre group also works towards two shows each year, helping members build confidence, creativity and personal expression through regular rehearsals and performance.
The Accessible Workshop
We cover a wide range of woodworking and practical skills, teaching people how to plan and manage projects, as well as how to market and sell. Each individual works to clear and structured plans, with each project treated as a commissioned piece of work.
Sport, Health and Wellbeing
Stay active, make friends and learn about healthy eating in a fun, supportive setting. Sessions include multisport team games, Boccia, seated volleyball, goalball, Kwik Cricket, badminton, Polybat, table tennis, ball skills and parachute games.

Our approach focuses on building on what people can and want to do. We work in partnership to set goals, celebrate progression and explore new opportunities. All designed to help achieve greater independence and self-esteem. We look forward to welcoming you to Talkback.

Our Personal Development and Skills booklet

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Ready to take the next step?

Find out more about joining our Personal Development and Skills programme by contacting us through the link below.

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18 onwards:
Adult Social Care Funded Provision

Amongst other services, we provide:

  • Personal development and social skills
  • Independent living, including cooking and general household tasks
  • Practical skills, including woodworking and other trade-based activities
  • Travel and money management training
  • Relationship development and creating social networks
  • Sports and wellbeing, including mindfulness, healthy eating and managing anxiety
  • The Performing Arts – drama, dance, music and arts.
  • Employment – full time and supported
  • Art Therapy
  • Social friendship groups

16-25 years old:
Education Provider

Amongst other services, we provide:

  • Education support to individuals in colleges including Bucks College Group, Berkshire College of Agriculture and Reading College
  • Individual Learning Packages based on an individual’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outcomes
  • Bespoke, community life skills education support packages
  • Creative opportunities using expressive arts, creative media and a variety of social groups
  • Relationship guidance and help building social networks
  • Life skills training to move towards independent living
  • Travel training
  • Employability skills building
  • Work experience and Supported Internship opportunities

Up to 18 years old:
Transitions work

Amongst other services, we:

  • Provide individual and group transition programmes to help people move from school to college and minimise anxiety
  • Provide information, advice and guidance to mainstream schools with a SEN department, and to specialist schools for secondary ages
  • Offer bespoke Travel Training packages for schools
  • Help co-create sport-based partnerships
  • Run parent and carer information events 
Talkback developing a world of possibilities
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