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Care Transition Training Program for Families and Youth
This web-based training program is designed to help young
people with disabilities and chronic health conditions and
their families with the process of planning for and successfully
completing a transition to adult oriented
medical services.
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Care Transitions: Jim's Story
Transition is never easy, however this process is usually
more difficult for young adults with special health care needs
who have been receiving care from specialized pediatric treatment
settings and providers. This video looks at how Jim
and his family prepared for health care transition and their
current efforts to complete the process. Jim's Story
is housed on the Institute for Child Health Policy Videos
Online web site. Clicking on the link above will take
you there. Jim's Story has a run time of 10 minutes.
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Care Transistions: College and Beyond
In many ways, Jeff Walden is a typical college student, but
in some ways he is not. He was born with a severe physical
disability that has posed many challenges on his road to independence.
This video explores the process of transition from pediatric
to adult oriented health care and the influences that have
contributed to Jeff's success. College and Beyond
has a run time of 24 minutes.
- Crossings:
A Manual for Transition of Chronically Ill Youth to Adult
Health Care
- Transition Planning for
Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities:
A Guide for Health Care Providers
(2000) (Available as a PDF document)
This 80-page resource guide is written for health care providers
who care for children with special health care needs. The
guide gives information, resources and strategies needed by
providers to support adolescents and their families to meet
the challenges of transition.
Link address:
http://www.communityinclusion.org/transition/providerguide.html
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Care Transition Resources
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