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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W.I.S.E. UP Powerbook

You’d be amazed at the questions adopted children are asked about being adopted. For some children, it begins as early as age 3: “Why don’t you look like your mom?” […]

Whole Me, (The)

Ages 6-12 Only you can be who you are. This beautiful color-illustrated storybook offers a sensitive and empowering portrayal of a foster child’s journey to adoption. It is an excellent […]

Silent Embrace

Birth mothers are often the forgotten or ignored part of the adoption triad. This collection of literary essays seeks to correct the imbalance by publishing personal stories by birth mothers, […]

Wounded Children Healing Homes

Why doesn’t our child return our love? What are we failing to understand? What are we failing to do? These questions can fill the minds of adoptive parents caring for […]

My Sensory Book

This interactive workbook enables children to develop a better understanding of their sensory systems by helping their parents and teachers create an individualized sensory profile. Through numerous strategies broken down […]

Sexualized Child In Foster Care, The

This practical guide written for Foster Parents gives information, training tips, and a wide range of resources for dealing with foster children who have been sexually abused. (115 pages)

I Love You Rituals

I Love You Rituals offers more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional love and enhance children’s social, emotional, and school success.Winner of a 1999 […]