Welcome to the Resource Library

About the Resource Library

This Resource Library is a collection of books, tapes, and DVDs, as well as instantly downloadable items, such as newsletters and tip sheets. You will find a wide variety of topics related to foster care, kinship caregiving, adoption, and more.

Wisconsin families and professionals are welcome to check out physical materials from our library for free (electronic items are available to all for free and on demand). The requested materials will be shipped to you with a postage-paid return envelope. You can help us serve more people by sending along a check for the amount of postage, if possible. You may check out four (4) items at a time and keep them for three (3) weeks.

TABLES OF CONTENTS

To help you navigate our rich library of free downloadable resources, we have created some table of contents documents that we hope you find helpful.

Questions? Comments? Please e-mail info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org

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Open Adoption Book, The

The exploding popularity of open adoption today underscores what adopting parents, birthparents, and many adoption experts now maintain: Open adoption is the healthiest, most humane, and fastest method available. It’s […]

Group Of Children Playing In Forest Camp Together

FAW: The Importance of Sibling Relationships

The Importance of Sibling Relationships The focus in foster care is often on a child’s relationship with his or her parent(s) and the efforts to restore that connection. Children in […]

Cute school boys lying on the carpet, at home, drawing with crayons.

Partners: Siblings

Siblings After reviewing the articles for this issue of Partners, I found this quote on Pinterest that, to me, wonderfully summed up and described the challenges faced by many children […]

It’s Ok!

This is a picture book about little bird Jay. Jay is feeling sad one day because his Daddy lives far away. But it’s okay, as he learns that he is […]

Baby Cakes’ Tale

A book geared toward parenting with stories: A poodle puppy’s struggle to overcome the guilt of missing birth mom after adoption.

Jelly Bean’s Tale

Jelly Bean’s Tale is the endearing story of a child’s journey from insecure beginnings in an orphanage to an overturned adoption to the hopes of finding a forever-for-real family. So […]

I Am Jazz

“””This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. I wish I had had a book like this […]