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May 22 is Trauma-Informed Care Awareness Day. Check out some of our tip sheets and resources that focus on this important topic: Creating a Safe Space: Healthy Boundaries for Children Impacted by [...]

Transracial Adoption Workshop “Transracial Adoption: Unpacking Identity for All” Saturday, July 13, 2019 9:00am to 3:00pm Alverno College Conference Center, Milwaukee $25/person–lunch is [...]

Ever notice how your teen can talk to friends for hours, but can barely manage a syllable when you ask how her day was? It’s easy to think your teen no longer needs you, but nothing can be [...]

Save the Date for Families Like Mine, a statewide conference for relative caregivers who are caring for children both informally and through kinship care. The all-day conference will feature both [...]

We all need help sometimes, especially when struggles come up post adoption and we feel isolated. It may be just after the adoption, or 10 years later. Children who have come into our families [...]

Many children in adoptive and foster families come to us with challenging behaviors. Parents and caregivers need to have the knowledge, skills, and understanding of where these behaviors come [...]

Adopting a child can sometimes come with added layers of challenge, the sum of which may take you and your family in a direction no parent could ever truly anticipate. It can feel like your world [...]

About the Training This webinar will provide an in-depth examination of attachment and bonding, including issues such as grief and loss and bonding within the transracial family. This training [...]

Join us for our spring meet and greet event! * Learn more about the Coalition and how we can support your adoption or foster care journey * Meet other adoptive and foster parents * Share ideas [...]

Some years ago, we spent an entire year focusing on the topic of trauma. So much has changed in the intervening years that we thought it was time to turn our attention back to trauma for this [...]