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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99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane (RAD)

(2 copies) This booklet is intended to help parents living with a child diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) restore fun to parenting. These parenting techniques alone will not “”cure”” […]

Adoption Parenting

Over 100 contributors have helped EMK Press to weave a stunning tapestry of advice specifically for adoptive parents. Parenting adopted children requires parenting with an extra layer and this book […]

Connected Child (The)

The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family–and addressing their […]

Russian Adoption Handbook (The)

This book is a comprehensive guide to adopting a child from Russian, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova Adopting a child can be one of life’s most rewarding […]

A Love Like No Other

From various perspectives, 20 adoptive parents offer evocative, sometimes provocative, personal essays that have the liveliness and immediacy of prose fiction. Biological parents are variously imagined, sought and found in […]

Kids on the Outside Looking In

This book is a result of an intervention project invloving over 200 traumatized children, between the ages of 3-16. For children, drawing is a way to take the terror out […]

I’m Mad – Dealing with Feelings

Too often kids’ feelings get ignored. “”I’m Mad”” is part of the “”Dealing with Feelings”” series that help children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them […]