Supporting ASD Children and Young People in Diabetes Care

Supporting ASD Children and Young People in Diabetes Care
Early Bird: £249+VAT 5 CPD Hours
Online Course, 5 CPD Hours
Wed 9 Dec 2026 09:00-15:20

Practical support for improving communication, engagement and clinic confidence


Specially designed for paediatric diabetes nurses, dietitians, psychologists and wider MDT teams, this interactive online workshop will explore practical strategies to improve consultations, reduce overwhelm and strengthen long-term engagement with diabetes care and technology.


The day will focus on supporting children and young people (CYP) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within paediatric diabetes services through practical, compassionate and realistic approaches to care.


Early bird available: book your place on or before Friday 30th October to save £50! 

Develop your service knowledge

Actionable approaches to improving engagement and support


This interactive online workshop has been developed to help clinicians better recognise additional needs, adapt diabetes consultations and improve support for autistic children, young people and their families. Key learning outcomes include:


  • Improving confidence in identifying additional needs and screening for ASD
  • Exploring workable clinic adaptations to reduce overwhelm and improve engagement in diabetes care 
  • Understanding eating challenges, including ARFID, within the context of ASD and diabetes 
  • Developing meaningful communication strategies using clear, concrete and compassionate language 
  • Strengthening confidence in supporting diabetes technology engagement, transitions and routine-building 
  • Learning useful approaches to expectation-setting, parental support and individualised planning

Live online learning

Practical strategies you can apply immediately


This interactive online workshop will combine presentations and case discussions to help attendees explore realistic approaches to improving autism-informed diabetes care within busy paediatric services. On the day, you will have the opportunity to:


  • Join online with paediatric diabetes professionals from across the UK 
  • Take part in interactive discussions exploring common clinic and technology challenges 
  • Ask questions and gain practical guidance from Lyndsey Carlson, Clinical Psychologist
  • Work through realistic case examples around communication, sensory overwhelm and parental expectations 
  • Reflect on barriers within your own service and identify practical changes you can implement immediately

In-house training

Available as a bespoke workshop to teams of 25 or more people. Please do contact us if you would like this course delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.


9.00
Joining, technical support and instructions
9.30
Chair’s introduction: Understanding the impact of ASD on diabetes care and engagement
Lyndsey Carlson, Clinical Psychologist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Understanding and identification
9.40
Practical screening strategies to identify additional needs
  • Clinical screening and differentiation (ASD vs. ADHD): insight into the Alder Hey audit
  • Guidance for handling ADHD-related presentations with age constraints
  • Actionable screening pointers and differentiation tips
10.00
Questions and answers with Lyndsey Carlson
10.20
Screening tools and effective strategies for eating challenges and ARFID
  • How to define and screen for ARFID in the context of ASD and diabetes
  • Dietetic collaboration and potential for dietitian to develop special interest in ARFID
  • Simple strategies and screening tools: how to ‘unpick’ eating difficulties
10.40
Questions and answers with Lyndsey Carlson
10.50
Screen break
Consultation changes
11.00
Useful clinic adaptation techniques: Creating autism-friendly diabetes clinics
  • What tools support successful clinics? From limiting personnel to creating ‘chill-out’ spaces
  • How to use concrete language: avoiding metaphors and verifying understanding
  • Checklist for practical adaptations when you do not have psychology support
11.30
Questions and answers with Lyndsey Carlson
11.40
Interactive discussion: what is stopping you from adapting your clinic?

Attendees will have the opportunity to benchmark their constraints and identify opportunities for adapting their clinics to be more autism-friendly.

12.00
Lunch break
Practical support strategies
12.30
Behavioural strategies: How to support parents and ASD CYP with diabetes
  • Focusing on parental understanding, acceptance, and individualised planning
  • Preparing for overwhelming environments, building routines and adjusting expectations
  • Communication and education: understanding sensory sensitivities, masking and cognitive overload
1.00
Questions and answers with Lyndsey Carlson
1.10
Case-based discussion: how to have empathetic consultations and set parental expectations

Attendees will have the opportunity to work through different conversations to help families adapt post-diagnosis of diabetes in ASD CYP.

1.30
Screen break
Diabetes technology adoption
1.40
Understanding the impact: Diabetes technology engagement for ASD CYP and their parents
  • Managing challenges surrounding sensors, pumps and alarms
  • Early identification and timely pump introduction: recognizing the emotional burden and managing expectations
  • Building supportive routines: practical guidance on language and tech transition planning
2.10
Questions and answers with Lyndsey Carlson
2.20
Case-based discussion: How to have behaviour-change conversations around technology

Attendees will have the opportunity to work through different conversations to reduce overwhelm and help families engage with the different diabetes technologies.

3.00
From insight to action: creating your plan to support CYP with diabetes and autism

Create a personalised action plan to take back to your service, team, or clinical practice to improve long-term engagement and wellbeing, focusing on:

  • Changes to clinic
  • Technology engagement
  • Managing expectations
  • Enabling self-management
3.20
Close of day

Your expert workshop leader

Lyndsey Carlson is a Clinical Psychologist at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, working within paediatric diabetes services to support children, young people and families navigating the psychological and practical challenges associated with diabetes care.

Lyndsey Carlson

Clinical Psychologist
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Pricing Structure

  • Early bird - £249+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place when booked before Friday 30th October 
  • £299+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place when booked after Friday 30th October 
  • £699+VAT - for one commercial place
  • Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Jarman for further details


Group bookings

For group bookings of five or more people, please email Grace Hillery or call Grace on 01732 897788


In-house training

Available as a bespoke workshop to teams of 25 or more people. Please do contact us if you would like this course delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding


If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:


  •  Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  •  Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  •  Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  •  Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online conference taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the conference.


If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.


Practice sessions are available and you will be sent an invitation to join one of our delegate practice sessions. These are optional but great if you are unsure of whether your camera and microphone will work on Zoom. We hold several one hour practice sessions across the week when a member of SBK Healthcare staff will be waiting in Zoom to assist you. Please do pop in, say hello and make sure you are all set for the day.


On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the conference by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. In groups of between 6-10 people, you will be admitted into the main conference room to be greeted by a member of SBK staff. In the same group you will be taken into a breakout room and asked to turn on your video and microphone. A member of the SBK team will get your group started with some orientation tasks and ‘ice breaker’ topics, before leaving you to network.



When you are automatically brought back into the conference room for the start of the conference, you will be asked to turn off your camera and microphone so that the chair can start the forum. During each presentation you will be able to ask questions in the chat box function. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.


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Certification of attendance


A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.


Registration fees


You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.


Modify registration


To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.


Cancellations and substitutions


A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.


Event changes


It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.


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Who should attend?

Connect with peers improving diabetes support for CYP with ASD


This workshop offers an opportunity to connect with colleagues from paediatric diabetes services across the UK, share experiences and explore how other teams are adapting care for autistic children and young people within busy clinical environments.


Designed for:


  • Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurses 
  • Paediatric Dietitians 
  • Clinical Psychologists 
  • Consultant Paediatricians 
  • Diabetes Specialist Clinicians 
  • Allied Health Professionals 
  • MDT Leads and Service Managers


If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke workshop delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.

Past attendee feedback

Since 2006, SBK Healthcare has delivered interactive online forums and webinars for NHS managers, nurses and clinicians across the UK and Ireland.


Discover what previous attendees have said about their experience.

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“I had a very good experience, the topics covered were relevant and informative. The breaks were at the right times to keep focus”
- NHS Highland
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“This was an excellent forum, informative, interactive and inspiring”
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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“I went from feeling very much out of my depth to knowing that accreditation is feasible and I can create a roadmap towards this”
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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“The whole day was excellent”
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
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“Really well organised. No technical glitches which often make online learning difficult”
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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“All topics covered extremely well. A lot to think about and take away to hopefully improve the service our patients receive”
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing webinars, conferences and courses offer dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Your event, managed by us

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options, in-house forums or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 


Vanessa Jarman
Telephone: 01732 897788 
Email: vanessa.jarman@sbk-healthcare.co.uk