Programs & Services
KINSHIP FAMILY INTAKE ASSESSMENT
45-minute phone/virtual call to determine wellness needs.
Mandatory for all prospective Kinship Wellness Grands.
C.A.N. - Caring and Nurturing Network: TRAUMA-FOCUSED, HEART-CENTERED SUPPORT GROUPS
Heart-centered, trauma-based workshops and individual family
services for kinship caregivers, teens and children.
SOMATIC HEALING & NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION
Trauma-informed, body-based calming practices provided through stress reduction, emotional wellness, creativity, and mindfulness workshops intended to calm the nervous system, build resilience and promote healing.
BRAIN - BODY - HEART FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
Compassionate, informed and skills-based family support provided in-home, virtually, and/or at the GSU, Kinship Family Wellness Center. Workshops, child development classes, and in-home/virtual family services address the behavioral, emotional, and functional pressures families experience for a myriad of reasons.
MUSIC CAMP
2-week music camp provided to children of the Kinship Family Wellness community.
GARDENING CLUB
Gardening
About Us
Kaye Washington, Program Director
Kaye Washington, our Director of Wellness Programming, is a certified
Trauma-Informed practioner who specializes in supporting displaced families
who navigate emotionally, mentally, and physically challenging life
transitions. Kaye’s passions and expertise focus on family bonding,
emotional wellness, foundational life skills, and building motivation and
ambition in the face of hardship. Kaye offers hands‐on, relationship‐focused
programs where caregivers learn and leave with supportive tools to help
children feel understood, connected, and emotionally safe.
HEART-CENTERED CAREGIVER PROGRAMMING HELPS FAMILIES:
- Build family bonds
- Strengthen communication skill
- Manage negative emotions through nurturing, creativity, and
connection
- Increase present mindfulness and motivation for future growth
- Teach and strengthen daily living skills and routine building
- Teach and strengthen financial health and wellness
C.A.N. HEART-CENTERED SUPPORTS RELATIONSHIP-FOCUS/TRAUMA-INFORMED CONNECTION
MY GROWN UP & ME
Group or Individual for children and their grown up(s).
Primary Focus: Bonding through play, reading, learning how to talk to one another with compassion
and understanding.
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Group or Individual for kinship
caregivers and their teens.
Primary Focus: Creating an environment to safely and
effectively expression emotions within the family.
BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
Group or individual for kinship caregivers, teens
Primary Focus: Learning how to build trusting relationships with adults/peers & how to identify
safe people.
BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY
Group or individual for kinship
caregivers.
Primary Focus: Learning and building upon the
foundations of saving and budgeting your money
to be a financially healthier you.
THE POWER OF STARTING OVER
Group or individual for kinship caregivers
Primary Focus: Learning how to recognize your strengths, your ability
to begin anew and move forward with self-compassion.
*ALL SERVICES ARE FACILITATED BY A TRAUMA-INFORMED CERTIFIED PRACTICIONER
Christine Yu
As both a professional and a mother, Christine understands firsthand the emotional weight families carry while navigating stress, caregiving, trauma, neurodivergence, behavioral challenges, and the daily demands of life.
Christine’s approach combines compassionate, connection-centered support with practical, sustainable tools that help families move beyond survival-mode patterns toward greater co-regulation, resilience, emotional safety, and connection.
BRAIN • BODY • HEART FAMILY PROGRAMMING HELPS FAMILIES:
- Understand behavior as communication
- Build nervous system regulation skills
- Strengthen emotional awareness and connection
- Improve caregiver-child relationships
- Develop practical tools for everyday family wellness
*All Brain • Body • Heart workshops, curriculum, tools, educational materials, and programming content remain the intellectual property of My Neuro Family. I serve as an independent contractor and program provider in partnership with the GSU Kinship Family Wellness Center.
My Neuro Family: BRAIN • BODY • HEART FAMILY PROGRAMMING
KIDS PLAY & LEARNWORKSHOP:
BRAIN-BODY-HEART KIDS!
Play-based workshops focused on identifying and recognizing emotions, development of age-appropriate self-awareness, and creation of emotional regulation toolbox.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASS:
BIRTH–8 YEARS
Education on understanding early
development, behavior, sensory needs, and connection.
INDIVIDUAL FAMILY IN-HOME
OR VIRTUAL SUPPORT
Short-term / practical coaching focused on
routines, behavior, regulation, and connection.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CLASS:
AGES 9–18
Education and supportive guidance for
understanding behavior, emotional regulation, and family relationships.
*Services focus on:
- Child development / milestones
- Behavior Support & Regulation
- Communication
- Caregiver support
- Emotional well-being
- Utilization of real-life strategies
- Neurodiversity & developmental delays
Lisa Riggin
Lisa Riggin, our Certified Life
Coach, has extensive training
in somatic trauma healing and
nervous system regulation
training through PESI. Her
specialization focuses on
stress reduction, emotional
wellness, resilience building,
creativity, mindfulness, trauma-
informed wellness, and body-
based calming practices for
caregivers, youth, and families.
Participants in Lisa’s Growing Through Programming will learn how to:
- Reduce stress and caregiver burnout
- Improve emotional wellness
- Employ practical nervous system regulation skills
- Connect with their creativity and self-expression
- Increase their confidence and resilience
- Build social connection and support
- Engage in meaningful take-home projects that reinforce workshop lessons
- Create safe and supportive opportunities for healing, growth, and connection for grandparents, kinship caregivers, and adolescents.
Growing Through with Lisa Riggin
Growing Through with Lisa Riggin
CALM WITHIN THE CHAOS
Nervous System Regulation & Zen Garden Workshop
MEMORY LANTERN WORKSHOP
Honoring Strength, Hope & Healing
RHYTHM & RELEASE
Movement, Music & Emotional Wellness
Workshop
PAINT YOUR FEELINGS
Creative Expression & Emotional Wellness Workshop
MOSAIC MEMORY GARDEN
Creativity, Growth & Healing Workshop
GROW THROUGH WHAT YOU
GO THROUGH
Resilience & Planting Workshop
WORRY TO WISDOM JAR
Transforming Stress into Strength
EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE
BRACELET WORKSHOP
Strength You Can Wear
SCENTS OF COMFORT
Wax Melt Workshop