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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Just the Two of Us

Knowing how to make and maintain healthy relationships – and avoid bad ones – is an important skill for everyone, but especially for foster teens, many of whom have had […]

Saved By the Bell

Teens in foster care face difficult challenges in high school because of their painful family backgrounds and unstable circumstances in care. In these stories, teens write about the personal and […]

Objection Your Honor

Family court is where teens find out whether they will be placed in foster care, remain there, or be returned to their families. In this booklet, young writers describe the […]

And Still I Rise

Applying to college, and succeeding once they get there, can be two enormous hurdles for foster youth. Many are intimidated by higher education for personal and financial reasons. They may […]

When Love Is Not Enough

When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder brings hope and healing tools to parents and professionals working to help challenging children. Effective interventions, […]

Complete Lifebook Workbook, The

The purpose of this book is to assist adults and children in the making of a life book.

Come Sit By Me

This book, set in a multicultural daycare, is about Karen and her friends. One child, Nicholas, is often sick and absent from school. Eventually the children find out that Nicholas […]

China Adoption Story – Mommy, Why Do We Look Different, A

In this book a mom and dad explain to their daughter how she was born in China and their journey to adopt her and make her part of their family.

Recognizing and Managing Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects: A Guidebook

Description “The guide covers historical, medical, and social aspects of FAS and details common behavioral characteristics associated with the condition. Taking a developmental approach, the guide offers specific behavioral management […]

First Part Last, (The)

Bobby is your classic urban teenaged boy — impulsive, eager, restless. On his sixteenth birthday he gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever. She’s pregnant. […]