Adolescent Health Transition Project

Site Contents:
	Information for: Teens and Young Adults >Diabetes-specific Information Parents and Families >Diabetes-specific Information Health Care Providers and Educators Adult Health Care Guidelines
	Health History Summary for Teens
	Medical Summaries Portable Medical Summary Shriners Hospital Transition Summary Build Your Own Care Notebook Transition Summaries (HRTW)
	Transitions Transition Timelines Transition Stories Early-, Mid- and Late- Transition Letters
	Adolescent Autonomy Checklists
	Health Insurance Options for Young Adults with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
	Working Together for Successful Transition: WA State Adolescent Transition Resource Notebook (2006)
	Tips for Choosing and Talking with your Health Care Provider
	Ticket-to-Work: Information for WA State Teens
	Presentations: Transition Power Point Slide Sets Health Information from the Health and Wellness Advocacy Project of the Adults and Elders Program at CHDD

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NEW! Research Opportunity for Youth
Participate in a dissertation research study about medical care to help describe what happens when young people with chronic health conditions and disabilities leave pediatrics and move to adult health care.

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As a natural part of growing up, adolescents becoming adults must become responsible for their health care. Taking responsibility for one's own health care, as developmentally able, is part of becoming independent from one's family and finding a place in the adult community.

Young woman in wheelchair. However, adolescents with special health care needs, chronic illnesses, physical or developmental disabilities may find this difficult. If leaving a pediatric provider, it may be hard to find an adult health care provider trained in pediatric conditions or ready to assume primary responsibility. An adolescent who has been receiving care from a family practitioner may stay with that family practitioner but find it easy to continue to function in a child's role. Either way, young people may be uncomfortable in the role of an adult health care consumer.�� And families may have trouble letting go of the health care services which are familiar and comfortable.

The Adolescent Health Transition Project is designed to help smooth the transition from pediatric to adult health care for adolescents with special health care needs. This site is a resource for information, materials, and links to other people with an interest in health transition issues.

Data for Tracking Youth Transitioning to Adulthood:

Measuring and monitoring youth transition experiences data sources available at Healthy and Ready to Work website. http://www.hrtw.org/youth/data.html

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