WISCONSIN CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (WCWPDS)
WCWPDS allows foster parents to browse and register for training, conferences, and online training modules. It also stores transcript information about the training foster parents have completed.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN FOSTER PARENT HANDBOOK
The Handbook is intended to give basic information about foster care in Wisconsin to newly licensed foster parents and to serve as a refresher for experienced foster parents. In it, foster parents will find the following:
- An overview of the foster care program.
- Information about what is expected of foster parents.
- A discussion about the care of children in foster care.
- An explanation of the critical need to work cooperatively with birth families.
- An emphasis on the importance of foster family self-care.
- Additional tools and resource lists for foster parents.
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WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 56 FOSTER HOME CARE FOR CHILDREN
Administrative code used to regulate and license foster homes.
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WISCONSIN FAMILY CONNECTIONS
Providing services and support to individuals, families, and caregivers with past or present involvement with foster care, adoption, reunification, kinship, and guardianship.
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TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATON
The Trauma Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in May of 2018, organized to promote clinical, scientific and educational projects. The purpose of this corporation is to support and conduct non-partisan research, education, & informational activities dedicated to innovative clinically informed projects to develop and implement optimal methods, treatments, and modalities to help children and adults heal from traumatic experiences.
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CIRCLE OF SECURITY
At Circle of Security International, we focus on training providers with many different backgrounds and from many different disciplines to help caregivers connect with the children in their lives. The Circle of Security figure is a central visual used as part of interventions for caregivers, all of which are focused on helping caregivers reflect upon children’s attachment needs in order to promote secure attachment with a child.
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CREATING A FAMILY
Adoptive, foster, and kinship families need current, up-to-date education to build a strong family. Our courses are:
- Engaging
- Affordable
- Fully mobile-friendly
- Expert-based
- Trauma-Informed
- Hague-aligned
The Creating a Family audio courses are conversational, offering families the opportunity to hear a true national expert address the topics parents care about. They include New York Times bestselling authors, leading researchers, adoption-competent therapists, pediatricians, and others who have meaningful wisdom to impart for the foster & adoption journey.
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