What Works in Foster Care?
On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking […]
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.
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
On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrinking […]
What do you need to meet the needs of the children in your care? Each child will be unique and require a different set of tools in your toolbox. Covering […]
This book explains the changes in teens brains and shows parents how to use this information to understand, communicate with, and stay connected to their kids.
Over 600,000 American children are in the foster care system each year, and the number is growing. So is the number of good-hearted people willing to become foster parents. But […]
(3rd Edition) In this new edition of the classic Fostering Changes, Dr. Delaney continues to enlighten, equip, and encourage parents and professionals who work with emotionally disturbed foster and adopted […]
A 3-D View examines the “”big picture”” of troubled foster, kinship and adopted children. Eschewing a single, narrow perspective of these struggling children, the authors support a three-dimensional viewpoint. The […]
Why does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother’s throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? […]
This is a book to guide you through the adoption process.
Angry Octopus is a story that teaches children how to use progressive muscle relaxation and breathing techniques to calm down, lower stress, and control anger. Children relate to the angry […]
Please Tell is a beautifully simple book with a profoundly important message for children who have been sexually abused: the abuse wasn’t their fault. Written and illustrated by Jessie, herself […]