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.

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.

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Chaos to Healing: Therapeutic Parenting 101

99 minutes While many resources provide excellent theory on therapeutic parenting, many people still find themselves floundering day-to-day as they interact with their hurting children. Billy Kaplan, a Clinical Social […]

FAW: The Importance of Going to Court

The Importance of Going to Court For many foster parents and youth in care, going to court can seem pretty intimidating. Being prepared and informed of the court process can […]

FAW: Honoring the Holiday Traditions of Children in Care

Honoring the Holiday Traditions of Children in Care When you ask people, “What’s the best thing about the holidays?” you’ll probably hear “being with family.” Or a story about their […]

Partners: Finding Support After Adoption

Finding Support After Adoption Articles in this edition include: Finding Support After Adoption Staying Connected with Social Media Download: Partners Winter 2013

Jonathon Letters, The

This book gathers together an exchange of letters between Lori Thomas, the foster/adoptive mother, and Michael Trout, Director of The Infant-Parent Institute in Illinois over the first year of placement […]

Brain-Based Parenting – The Neuroscience of Caregiving for Healthy Attachment

In this groundbreaking exploration of the brain mechanisms behind healthy caregiving, attachment specialist Daniel A. Hughes and veteran clinical psychologist Jonathan Baylin guide readers through the intricate web of neuronal […]

Flux: Life after Foster Care

“Flux: Life After Foster Care is FCAA’s new book! It is a real labor of love from more than 100 members of the alumni community to our younger brothers and […]

Postcards From the Soul

When you open Postcards From The Soul, you’ll see into the depths of the often-hidden emotions of people who have shared extraordinary experiences. This collection of postcards is both moving […]

Hootah’s Baby

Hootah is a young mother owl whose life-style issue renders her an ineffective parent. Try as she might, she is unable to overcome those problems. Eventually, the great Parliament of […]

I Love My Hair

“A young African-American girl describes the familiar mother-daughter nightly ritual of combing the tangles out of her hair. When she cries because it hurts, her sympathetic mother tells her how […]