We are pleased to share a new collaboration between Positive Support Group (PSG), as a provider of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and person-centred approaches for individuals with a support need, and The Owl Centre, a specialist provider of neurodevelopmental assessments.

Across the UK, care providers are increasingly supporting individuals with more complex needs than ever before, including dual diagnoses such as autism and mental health needs, trauma backgrounds, communication differences, and medical complexities such as epilepsy or sleep disorders.

For many children and young people, education can gradually become difficult to access. In England, there were over 955,000 suspensions and 10,900 permanent exclusions recorded in the 2023 to 2024 academic year. These figures have continued to rise in recent years, reflecting a growing number of pupils who are finding it harder to remain connected to mainstream education.

Commissioned by Lambeth Council and carried out in partnership with Black Thrive and Novarta & Partners, the evaluation explored how PBS is experienced by Black individuals and families in the borough. Positive Support Group (PSG) contributed as the provider of PBS within the programme.

Positive Support Group is proud to be supporting David Rose as he prepares to take on the London Marathon on 26 April in aid of Pancreatic Cancer UK.

We are pleased to share that the Positive Support CPD external learning portal is now live and available to professionals looking to develop their practice in Positive Behaviour Support and related fields.

We are delighted to share that Positive Support Group has been recognised as a winner in the Global Health & Pharma (GHP) Mental Health Awards 2026, receiving the title Most Innovative Learning Disability & Autism Support Organisation 2026 – UK.

ADHD Awareness Month offered an important opportunity to reflect on identity, challenge stereotypes, and celebrate the diverse ways ADHD shapes peoples lives. While the campaign may have ended, its message of recognising the many faces of ADHD and valuing lived experience remains deeply relevant. By listening to overlooked voices and embracing the strengths and challenges that sit side by side, we can continue building more understanding, inclusive, and supportive communities all year round.

We’re delighted to announce that Redstone has officially joined Positive Support Group, expanding the depth and reach of our national training offer. Alongside this, we warmly welcome Kate Strutt – founder of Redstone and highly experienced clinical psychologist – as PSG’s new Division Lead for Training.

Last month was ADHD Awareness Month — a chance to reflect on lived experience, challenge misconceptions, and celebrate the many ways ADHD shapes people’s lives. Although the campaign has ended, this year’s theme, The Many Faces of ADHD, continues to feel incredibly relevant. It mirrors the broader themes explored in this newsletter — listening to voices that have been overlooked, honouring diversity, and recognising the richness of neurodivergent experience.

At PSG, we work with many neurodivergent children, young people, and adults who have developed different ways of navigating environments that can feel overwhelming, confusing, or socially demanding. One experience that comes up again and again in our work is masking — the effort autistic people make to fit in, stay safe, or avoid negative consequences in settings that don’t accommodate their needs. Masking can be a powerful survival strategy, but it also carries significant emotional and psychological costs.

At PSG, we support many neurodivergent children, young people, and adults whose emotional experiences are shaped by unique sensory needs, communication styles, and ways of understanding the world. These differences shape how people experience and express emotions, which means support also needs to be flexible, individualised, and rooted in understanding. This includes everyday situations such as managing sensory overwhelm, responding to big emotions, coping with changes in routine, or expressing needs during moments of stress. In our work, this means taking a relational, strengths-based approach to emotional well-being.

Positive Support Group (PSG) – Position Statement on Recent Claims Linking Paracetamol (Tylenol) and Autism

For World Suicide Prevention Day, we spoke with Positive Jessica Aviles, Chief Clinical Officer at Positive Support Group (PSG) who has been central to developing our Suicide Prevention model. In this interview, Jessica explains the two ways PSG is supporting people at risk, how Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) underpins the approach, and why this work is so urgently needed.

PSG were recently featured in The Independent in a piece highlighting the urgent need for earlier, stronger community mental health support.

We’re proud to share that three of Positive Support Group’s specialist training programmes have now been awarded Continued Professional Development (CPD) accreditation – a recognition of the high-quality, evidence-based learning they deliver to professionals across the sector.

Since 2019, emergency hospital admissions for autistic children have risen by a staggering 86%. Behind every statistic is a family in crisis – and too often, that crisis could have been prevented with the right community support in place.

For any profession or organisation involved in supporting autistic people, conversations around neurodiversity and the lived realities of neurodivergent people are essential.