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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To Grandma’s House, We… Stay

To Grandma’s House, We… Stay is a timely road map that guides grandparents through the uncharted territories of parenting a second generation. Practical solutions are presented for coping with real-life […]

Healing Research

This seminar will help parents and professionals understand how past and current research gives insights into the behaviors of at-risk children. Dr. Purvis will focus on undertanding how physiological alterations […]

Facilitating Behavioral Change

One of the most commonly asked questions for the staff at The Institute of Child Development is how to deal with “”problem behaviors””. In this DVD Dr. Purvis explores the […]

S.A.F.E. at School

Promote a positive, adoption-sensitive environment at your school. Designed specifically for education professionals, delivers five proactive strategies to help teachers weave brief, informal and insightful educational opportunities into their already […]

W.I.S.E. UP Powerbook

You’d be amazed at the questions adopted children are asked about being adopted. For some children, it begins as early as age 3: “Why don’t you look like your mom?” […]