This calendar includes opportunities for learning and connection from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center, the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families, and several other organizations across Wisconsin. (NOTE: Opportunities from the Wisconsin Family Connections Center are noted with a blue ribbon on the calendar below.)
–> Find training and event flyers here.
–> For a complete listing of Regional Events and Support Groups, please visit the Wisconsin Family Connections Center Eventbrite Page.
–> Find support group flyers here.
–> For information about Recorded Webinars, Upcoming Live Webinars, Courses, and Conferences, please visit the Champion Classrooms.
Events are added as information is made available to us. If you’d like to share an upcoming event with us, please contact us at info@wifamilyconnectionscenter.org.
Learn how to advocate for adoption assistance programs in your state or province. In these tight financial times, legislators sometimes seek to cut adoption assistance programs and advocates need to be ready to respond. Even if your adoption assistance program is not under threat, proactive advocacy can help maintain and even enhance these important benefits […]
Registration for this event is required on Eventbrite. Attention foster and adoptive parents (or those awaiting placement) who desire to learn more about their child's textured hair; this is the workshop for you! This online instructional workshop, sponsored by Jockey Being Family and the Journeys Program, will be conducted via Zoom from 7:00 to 9:00 […]
For adoptees experiencing any level of estrangement. This group will offer a journey toward understanding, healing, and growth Lean into exploring adoptee critical thought and the nuanced layers of estrangement to foster a deeper understanding of self unique to the adoptee experience. Receive support in practicing compassionate assertiveness and understand how to maintain boundaries with […]
Objectives Understand what Complex Traumatic Stress is, and how it can affect the typical development of children Gain awareness of the types of behaviors (symptoms) commonly seen in children who have had traumatic experiences and learn to better manage Understand the need to address psychological as well as physical safety in children with trauma Learn […]
Join the WiFCC for a fun evening of indoor mini-golf at Big Putts in Greenfield, sponsored by Jockey Being Family! Their custom-built indoor mini-golf course has 18 holes of fun and challenging obstacles. Big Putts Mini Golf is designed to test your skills while providing endless entertainment! This event is open to foster, adoptive, guardianship, […]
How do I raise a black child with a positive racial identity? What factors influence their self-perception and identity development? And how do I contribute to their growth as a caregiver? Join Embrace Race for a 2 hour workshop to explore these topics together and spend time asking questions, sharing stories, and practicing relevant skills. This […]
Come join Wisconsin Family Connections Center for a night of hockey sponsored by Jockey Being Family! Foster, adoptive, pre-adoptive, and guardianship families are welcome to attend this event. There is no cost to attend. Concessions will be available for purchase. Please make sure to dress warm, as the hockey rink will be on the cooler […]
This forum is designed to empower families of children with disabilities. What is Celebrating Abilities? Celebrating Abilities is a Special Education Family Forum for Milwaukee Public Schools families, offering workshops, expert presentations, and networking to help families navigate disability services and celebrate their children’s strengths. Why Attend the Forum? Discover: New strategies, resources, and support […]
How do I raise a black child with a positive racial identity? What factors influence their self-perception and identity development? And how do I contribute to their growth as a caregiver? Join us for a 2 hour workshop as we explore these topics together and spend time asking questions, sharing stories, and practicing relevant skills. Join […]
This month’s We the Experts will feature Adoptee Storytellers in their myriad of roles such as authors, poets, public speakers, artists, and other creative outlets of sharing one’s story. Storytelling is so essential to our community whose narrative has historically been written by outside or adjacent counterparts with the intention of shaping the story as […]
