Kinda Like Brothers
“Jarrett doesn’t trust Kevon. But he’s got to share a room with him anyway. It was one thing when Jarrett’s mom took care of foster babies who needed help. But […]
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
“Jarrett doesn’t trust Kevon. But he’s got to share a room with him anyway. It was one thing when Jarrett’s mom took care of foster babies who needed help. But […]
Love Me, Feed Me is a relationship-building, practical guide to help fostering and adoptive families enjoy family meals and raise children who eat a variety of foods and grow to […]
Revealing You: A Journal for Birthmothers is not your typical book. Instead, this interactive book is more about you, your thoughts, your feelings, and working through your grief through journaling. […]
The Many Emotions of Kinship Care For a lot of kinship parents, the decision to change hats from being a grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling to being in a […]
Kinship Care We are dedicating this issue to all the wonderful relatives who step up and care for their kin. Over the past five or more years, a greater emphasis has […]
Mismatched Alexander touches on a well-understood topic, our collective desire to fit in. Alexander is a bright and colorful tree frog, born in a pond with only green frogs. He […]
What I Do Know is a one-of-a kind book that speaks from a parent’s heart to an adopted child. The book’s repetition of ”I don’t know” and ”I do know” […]
Supporting the Emotional Healing of the Children in Your Care One of the most important and ever-present jobs of a foster parent is to help children heal from past traumas […]
Forgiveness In this issue of Partners, we chose to write about one of the more challenging topics related to adoption and foster care: the topic of “forgiveness.” It is something we […]
Dear Lois is a unique perspective of an adoption journey told through letters written to birthmothers, by the adoptive parents, as their children were growing up. The perspectives of the […]