Training, Events & Support Groups
Build the knowledge and confidence you need to support children and families through our comprehensive training resources. Whether you’re considering fostering or adoption, currently caring for children, or working as a professional in the field, we offer flexible learning opportunities designed around real family experiences.
Statewide Calendar of Events
This calendar includes opportunities for learning and connection from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center, the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families, and several other aligned organizations. Events are added as information is made available to us. If you’d like to share an upcoming event with us, please contact us at info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org.
Champion Classrooms: The Wisconsin Family Connections Center Classroom
In the Wisconsin Family Connections Center Classroom, you’ll find information and details about upcoming live webinars, free recorded webinars, and dedicated learning paths, including the Transracial Adoption Series and the Relative Caregiver Series.
Champion Classrooms: Coalition for Children, Youth & Families Classroom
The Coalition for Children, Youth & Families classroom features recorded webinars, online courses, and more, curated specifically for caregivers of children in out-of-home care by the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families.
We have created a table of contents that lists all of the webinars, courses, and other offerings available in the Champion Classrooms. This list includes opportunities from both the Wisconsin Family Connections Center Classroom and the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families Classroom.
Wisconsin Family Connections Center on Eventbrite: Support Groups and Regional Events
Find events and opportunities in your area of the state, as well as information about virtual support groups, on the Wisconsin Family Connections Center page of Eventbrite. You can even sign up to follow us there so you’ll be among the first to know when new opportunities are added.
Additional Training Options
In addition to the training and conferences offered by the Wisconsin Family Connections Center and the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families, our team regularly searches for and posts other training and support resources that may be of interest and helpful to you.
- Foster Parent College is one of the resources we recommend you consider for training purposes.
- To locate information regarding foster parent pre-placement and foundation training, please visit the WCWPDS-UW Milwaukee website.
- A Year of Awesomeness is a series of engaging videos created by Josh Shipp, designed to help teens navigate life’s complexities, tackle challenging situations, and find inspiration for their futures. Josh is a former foster youth who overcame numerous challenges as a teenager. It has been his mission to share what he has learned through his own journey. You can view videos from Josh on his YouTube channel.
