Welcome to the Resource Library

About 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.

Questions? Comments? Please e-mail info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org

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Rebuilding Attachments With Traumatized Children

This book presents critical information on how to understand and surmount the impact of loss, neglect, separation, and violence on children’s development, how to discover and foster strengths in children […]

Acres of Hope

This book tells the story of Patty and Harold Anglin as they add to their family through adoption.

Abroad and Back

A 10.5 hour curriculum for pre- or post-adoptive families, as well as a valuable tool for staff development. Overhead templates, Powerpoint CD, lecture, videotape segments, home activities, and handouts.

I am Chosen: A Book All About Me

I Am Chosen: Adoption Lifebook Popular adoption lifebook for one & two parent families I am Chosen is a memory scrapbook especially designed to work with all the many domestic […]

Digging To America

Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is like to be an American and about Maryam Yazdan who after 35 years in this country must finally come to […]

Chill and Spill

Chill & Spill is a therapeutic guided journal designed to help people (ages 10+) articulate and transform difficult issues they are dealing with. It offers a combination of 20 creative […]

Chill and Spill Therapist’s Companion

Art with Heart is developing a resource kit for therapists who are in supportive roles in various settings with adolescents and young adults. The goal of the Therapist’s Companion is […]

Ophelia Speaks

Culls writings from the hearts of girls nationwide, of various races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Ranging in age from twelve to eighteen, the voices here offer a provocative and piercingly […]

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 […]