Welcome to 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.

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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.

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Place for Starr, A

This book is a fictional story told in rhyme about a gutsy girl who lives in a home of violence. This book is an essential therapeutic tool to be used […]

When I Met You: A Story of Russian Adoption

Based on the author’s own family’s experience, this book describes a child’s life before and after she was adopted from Russia. From scenes in the orphanage to the child’s Russian […]

Youth In Foster Care:The Shortcomings of Child Protection Services

A major factor contributing to the troubling environment which foster youths create when they are removed to new areas, is the frequency with which these changes occur, and often, the […]

Working Shoulder to Shoulder

Stories and Strategies of Youth-Adult Partnerships That Succeed. This book is filled with practical steps and true stories of partnerships that work. In their own words, adults and youth describe […]

Wish You Were Here: When A Parent Is In Prision

Many young people in foster care have (or had) a parent in prision. The teens in this booklet describe the emotional impact of that experience. They write about the pain […]

Why Can’t We Be A Family Again?

Shot over a three year period, this story reveals the bond that develops between two brothers who long to be reunited with their mother. They never give up hope that […]

Whose Child Is This?

DVD 50 min. Young Native American children were taken away from their tribes and sent to missionary and government residential schools. Six generations had grown up without their parents. This […]

When Something Feels Wrong

Throughout this book quotes from real teens remind you that you’re not alone. “”Let it Out”” exercises invite you to write your thoughts and feelings in a journal. “”Remind Yourself”” […]

We Adopted A Dusty Miller:One Family’s Journey With An Attachment Disorder Child

This is a frank narration of the roller coaster ride parents experience when they love a difficult child and are not successful in finding help. They offer encouragement to families […]

Unfinished Business: When A Parent Dies

One’s life is changed forever when a parent dies. In this booklet, six foster teens describe the death or a father or mother (or of both parents) They write about […]