Adoption Is a Family Affair! What Relatives & Friends Must Know
Answers questions, offers information about who can adopt, why adoption should be considered, how kids understand adoption as they grow up, and more.
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
Answers questions, offers information about who can adopt, why adoption should be considered, how kids understand adoption as they grow up, and more.
The path to parenting through adoption is rich with rewards and fulfillment. This compassionate, illuminating and ultimately uplifting book offers solutions for the normal but unspoken stress that adoptive families […]
Ann Stressman wrote this book after hearing Ruby Payne speak about the hidden rules of economic class, combining that perspective into her two decades of personal experience with foster care […]
This first book deals with the trauma a child experiences when becoming a foster child and other sensitive matters such as child safety. The book is designed to help children […]
Over time, all families change. Sometimes, when families have big problems, they need to change so kids will be safe. A child’s family might change from a birth family to […]
Finally, a no-worry, no-guilt guide to feeding your baby, toddler and preschooler. Featuring real world solutions, this reassuring and wisdom-packed guide gives you the lowdown on: getting your child off […]
When were apart, I miss you. But when I look inside my heart, I see you sitting there. You’re with me everywhere I go! In the gentle, reassuring and playful […]
This book explains the process of adoption and the choice to become an adoptive or foster parent in terms that school-age children will find easily accessible. 32 pages, 2007, ages […]
Kika has just been adopted — and she’s worried. There’s so much that’s new to her: a different language, new friends to make, and something she’s never had before — […]
The baby’s name is Le Tai Hong, but she would now be called Rebecca in English and Rivka in Hebrew. “”She’ll be Vietnamese and American and Jewish!””, Jacob declares. The […]