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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Families are Different

Six-year-old Nico and her sister, both adopted as infants from Korea, don’t look like Mom and Dad. While families can be different from one another, they have some things in […]

I don’t Have Your Eyes

Family connections are vitally important to children as they begin to find their place in the world. For transracial and transcultural adoptees, domestic adoptees, and for children in foster care […]

Successful Parenting:The Single Parent Family:Part Seven(Take Home Booklet)

This Facilitator’s Guide and take home booklet accompanies the DVD. It offers ideas for planning a workshop – including handouts, ideas, and questions.

Successful Parenting: Single Parent Family: Part Six (Take Home Booklet)

This facilitators guide and take home booklet accompanies the DVD.

Methamphetamine & Drug Endangered Children: Breaking The Cycle

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive and extremely toxic street drug. Its use affects the addict, their children, and the community. Children living in homes where drugs are used, sold, or […]

Girl Wars:12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying

Gossip, teasing, forming cliques, and other cruel behaviors are the basis of bullying, which harms both victim and aggressor. The author offers solutions to prevent such behavior and how to […]

Giant King (The)

People say that Rabbie, the carpenter’s son, is a dreamer, but the boy says he works from his heart, carving “”not what is, but what could be”” When Rabbie goes […]

Whistling Tree (The)

Each night, Penny hears a beautiful, melodious whistling that comes to her in her sleep and enchants her dreams. Then the mysterious whistling suddenly stops. When Penny goes searching for […]

There is Only One You

CD is included. Bob grew from his five foster home background to become vice President of the hearst Corporation. His goal is to be an instrument for renewed affirmation that […]

Effective Black Parenting

CICC program provides an excellent learning context to help parents of African American children do the best job possible. Contains guidelines for teaching each session and each of the program’s […]