WE PROVIDE FRESH HOPE.
HOW WE SUPPORT PARENTS AND CARERS.
As the parent or carer of a child displaying challenging behaviour, you may feel unsure about how to effectively support your child now, and be constantly worried about the future.
At Positive Support Group, we can help you understand your child’s behaviour, equip you with skills and systems to reduce and manage it, and give you the confidence to tackle difficult situations.
WHO WE HELP.
If your child has a learning disability, autism or mental health problem and is displaying challenging behaviour, Positive Support Group is here to significantly improve your family’s quality of life.
We work with, support and train parents and carers with children aged up to 18. These children and young people may attend a mainstream or specialist school, be out of out of school, or receive home schooling or another bespoke package of support.
When we work with parents and carers, all our work is typically funded by a local authority, education provider or local clinical commissioning group. This is something we can discuss with you during our initial chat.
WHAT WE DO.
When we work with a parent or carer, there are typically four elements to the support we provide. All these work together to improve your child’s behaviour and give you and your child’s support network the skills and knowledge needed to provide them with the right care and support.
ELEMENT 1
Fully understanding your situation
Initially, we observe and assess you, your child and the rest of your family in a relaxed and non-intrusive way. This helps us to fully understand your child’s behaviours and the impact it has on your family life. From here, we suggest a plan of action that is most likely to work for your family and change your current situation for the better.
ELEMENT 2
Developing and providing tailored training
Once we have gained a full understanding of your child, we start to train you and other members of your child’s support network so you can understand why your child sometimes behaves in a certain way. This will include us speaking to other family members, their friends, teachers and respite care providers. We also help you and your child’s support network to adjust your child’s every day environments so they better meet their needs, help your child learn new behaviours and support a better quality of life. Overall, our aim is to establish an engaged and committed network that is keen to help your child grow and develop.
ELEMENT 3
Fine tuning your new skills and strategies
We work directly with your child and teach you strategies to use with them to encourage positive behaviour. We also provide regular feedback to help you develop confidence in your new parenting skills, troubleshoot problems and fine tune strategies when necessary.
ELEMENT 4
Supporting you whenever you need us
We deliver our services wherever and whenever they are needed. This includes us being flexible with our working hours to ensure you, your child and the rest of your family are observed in key situations and receive holistic support that meets specific needs. For example, we regularly assess morning routines, transitions to school, time at school and night-time routines. In addition, we’re more than happy to work across many different settings, including your home, your child’s school, any clubs they attend, and any respite care settings they visit.
OUR LIFE-CHANGING IMPACT.
At the end of our time with you, you and your child’s wider support network will have the skills and strategies you need to provide effective support to your child in a range of settings, including your home and their school.
Ultimately, this will help to decrease your child’s challenging behaviour and ensure when it does occur that it’s managed effectively. In addition, our work with you will help you feel empowered, increase your confidence in your parenting skills, and decrease parental stress.
“Feeling really tip top after today’s meeting. You guys have changed our lives already in such a short space of time. I’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds.”
— Parent of young man with autism