findaway.org

What It Is

Find A Way is a Community Interest Company based in Yorkshire, UK. It is positioned as a family-focused provider of psychological support and early intervention services, rather than a traditional online course platform. Its core goal is to help families in the early stages of parenting access psychological support, parent-child relationship interventions, and educational psychology services, while using grants and income from private practice to subsidize public-benefit services.

Core Services and Course Dimensions

From an education/course perspective, it is closer to a “family education and psychological intervention service.” Its main offerings include Video Interaction Guidance (VIG), parent support groups, strengths-based family interventions, one-to-one consultations, and educational and child psychology assessments. The VIG process is clearly explained: goals are identified first, then a 10–15-minute video of everyday parent-child interaction is recorded. A practitioner then selects positive interaction clips and reviews them together with the parent, helping them recognize their own strengths and improve parent-child connection. The service emphasizes evidence-based practice, a strengths-based approach, trauma-informed care, and attachment relationship support.

Instructors and Organizational Background

The organization’s founder, Dr Sophia Bentley, is an educational and child psychologist with more than 15 years of experience working in local government, schools, and community settings. The team also includes directors with backgrounds in child safeguarding, project delivery, and community engagement. Find A Way is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and operates under a not-for-profit CIC structure, which strengthens its community-service focus and credibility.

Pricing

The website discloses pricing for private practice services: £325 for a half day in schools, £600 for a full day, £1,000 for a full educational psychology report, and £1,250 for an EHCP needs assessment report. Bespoke packages require a quote. Public-benefit or free services are supported by funding and private practice income, but specific eligibility requirements, availability, and waiting times are not stated. Individual prices for VIG and parent groups are also not listed.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are its clear positioning, professional intervention methods, detailed explanation of VIG, and relatively transparent pricing. It also has a public-benefit element, with some paid services helping support families facing financial hardship. Its limitations are that it is not a scalable course product that can simply be purchased online, and it does not provide information such as certificates, course syllabi, or study duration. The service also clearly depends on local, in-person delivery, making it less suitable for overseas users.

Who It Is For and Access from China

It is suitable for families in Yorkshire experiencing early parenting stress, parent-child communication difficulties, concerns about children’s emotional, behavioral, or developmental needs, or a need for special educational needs assessment. It may also be suitable for referrals from schools, social workers, and community organizations. Even if users in China can access the website, they would find it difficult to directly use its core services. The review text does not provide information about website accessibility from China, so this remains unknown.