Family Education & Support

Parenting is a journey. Along the way, people may experience intense feelings, stress responses, parenting concerns, and even conflict. Kindering offers services to support parents, caregivers, and family members as they travel the unexpected journey of raising a child with developmental delays and/or disabilities.

Baby Steps Infant Playgroup

Baby Steps is an opportunity for parents and caregivers of infants (birth-to-waddler) with special needs to socialize, gather, play, learn, and talk.

CHERISH™

CHERISH™ is an infant mental health program designed to meet the unique needs of children in the child welfare system and their caregivers in tandem with a traditional early support program.

child and parent in circle time

Family Co-op Play Group

Parents and caregivers participate in this structured playgroup designed to support and educate young children with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families in a fun, safe learning environment.

Families in Transition (FIT)

Families in Transition (FIT) forms a bridge carrying children from the trauma of homelessness and housing insecurity to the supports they need to promote life-long health and well-being.

Infant Mental Health Support

Kindering’s Infant Mental Health team will work with your family, as part of your child’s Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP), to support how you relate to your child and how your child relates to you.

Parent Education

Kindering offers evidenced-based, culturally respectful information and strategies to support and strengthen parents, grandparents, and caregivers in areas where they may be challenged, or needing new insight.

Sibling Support Project

The Sibling Support Project is the first national program dedicated to the life-long and ever-changing concerns of millions of siblings of people with special health, developmental, and mental health concerns.

pediatric therapist using hand puppet over Zoom

Virtual Services

Access Kindering’s best-in-class pediatric therapies/services and specialized early learning supports from the comfort of your home.

Washington State Fathers Network

The Washington State Fathers Network connects fathers with each other, as well as resources and information, as they navigate raising a child with special health needs.