African American Hair Care Directory
The Wisconsin Family Connections Center has curated a list of contact information for salons and stylists around Wisconsin who specialize in doing African American hair. Download Directory
Empowering Caregivers: 12 Strategies for Supporting Children with Complex Needs and Behaviors, Preventing Burnout
Supporting and caring for children with complex needs and behaviors can be emotionally, mentally, and physically demanding. Caregivers must prioritize their well-being to avoid burnout. This visually engaging resource offers […]
Shared Parenting Starts With Strong Communication Skills
When parents and foster/relative caregiver families work together, it’s called “shared parenting” or “co-parenting.” Healthy communication can minimize trauma and help families become whole again. Included in this handout are […]
Relinquished – The Politics of Adoption and Privilege of American Motherhood
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mothers for whom the choice to parent was never real Adoption has always been […]
The Leavers: a novel
Description “Lisa Ko’s powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. One morning, […]
“You Should Be Grateful” – Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption
An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures “Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You […]
Tinderbox: One Family’s Story of Adoption, Neurodiversity, and Fierce Love
Description Lynn watched her beloved Clare, newly adopted from Haiti, crawl the house in a frantic search for her lost mother. Preschool Clare enchanted with belly laughs and shining smiles. […]
We Were Once a Family – A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
Book Description The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children―and a searing indictment of the American foster care system. On March 26, 2018, […]
What Momma Left Me
Description Serenity is good at keeping secrets, and she’s got a whole lifetime’s worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and starting life over at her […]
Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults – A Guide for Professionals and Families
Providing advice on how professionals working with autistic trans youth and adults can tailor their practice to best serve their clients and how parents can support their trans autistic children, […]
