What good are resources if they’re not shared?

Books:

  1. The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis, Dr. David Cross, and Wendy Sunshine

  2. The Connected Parent by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls

  3. The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

  4. Thriving Families: a trauma-informed guidebook for the foster and adoptive journey by Jenn Ranter Hook and Dr. Joshua N. Hook

  5. The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell

  6. The Whole Brain Child by Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

  7. Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens by Debbie Riley, LCMFT and Dr. John Meeks

  8. Adopting the Hurt Child by Dr. Gregory Keck and Regina M. Kupecky, LSW

  9. Attaching in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray, MPA LISCW

  10. Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child by Betsy Keefer Smalley and Jayne E. Schooler

  11. You Should be Grateful by Angela Tucker

  12. More to come!

Websites:

  1. Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

  2. WiAdopt

  3. Wisconsin Family Connections Center

  4. More to come!