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.

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.

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.

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

This Learning Disability Week, we’re invited to reflect on a powerful question: Do you see me?

Beyond Box-Ticking: Amy Gould on Meaningful Co-Production in Transforming Care

Doing With – Not To: Focus Groups and Co-production at Positive Support Group

Working Together for Better Support – An Interdisciplinary Approach

Positive Support Group recently had the pleasure of speaking with Amanda Cash about the value of interdisciplinary collaboration in promoting quality of life and wellbeing for people with a support need.

Suicidal Ideation and Me – Steve’s Story 

When a loved one suffers – tips and advice for carers of people with suicide ideation 

Supporting Children and Young People Experiencing Suicidal Ideation: A Guide for Professionals 

Artificial intelligence in Mental Health

We are delighted to have the opportunity to speak to Dr Erin Leif, Behaviour Analyst and Learning, Behaviour, and Implementation Science Researcher at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia about her thoughts on how Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) best integrates a human rights perspective.