No Matter What Video: Everyone Has a Story
Click on the image to view the video now It’s not hard to imagine all the benefits to the children in our care when we have good co-parenting relationships with their birth parents. However, what [...]
Books About Foster Care
Adults: The Connected Child, by Dr. Karen Purvis The Little Book of Foster Care Wisdom: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement for Foster Care Families, by Dr. John DeGarmo Who’s On Your [...]
June is National Reunification Month
National Reunification Month is celebrated in June of each year to recognize the people and efforts around the country that help families stay together. It is also a time to honor those who have [...]
No Matter What Video: What Do My Child’s Behaviors Mean?
Click on the image to view the video now “I love you no matter what, and you’re staying, regardless.” Those are powerful words Paulette spoke in the No Matter What Families video, What Do My [...]
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Did you know there are approximately 20 million people who identify as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and make up about 7% of the overall population in the United States? Did you also know [...]
May is National Foster Care Month
At the Coalition we hear from relative caregivers every week. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings call us to inquire about supports around raising their relative children. These kin are [...]
Resources from Fostering Across Wisconsin Fall 2021
Tip Sheet What Do These Behaviors Mean? How Children Process & Respond to Trauma From the Champion Classrooms Everyday Healing: Naming Adversity and Loss Creating Felt Safety Connected [...]
Connection is Crucial for Healing Conversations
As relative, foster, or adoptive parents, you know that trauma creates emotional wounds that make it hard for kids to cope. You know that difficult behaviors, like meltdowns, lying, stealing, or [...]
Preparing Children & Youth in Care for Difficult Questions
One of the primary goals for all parents is to keep children safe. As foster/adoptive/relative care parents, you empower and guide children in your care on ways to establish and maintain healthy [...]
We Need to Talk: What to Expect When You Need to Have Difficult Conversations
We Need to Talk: What to Expect When You Need to Have Difficult Conversations With the Children in Your Care “We need to talk.” Do those four words strike fear in your heart? They are [...]
