Transition to Adulthood

Core Outcome 6: All youth with special health care needs will receive the services necessary to make appropriate transitions to adult health care, work and independence.

Archived Webinar

• Transition [Mar. 2010] - Presenters included Patti Hackett, Co-Director of Healthy and Ready to Work; Dr. Robin Marsh, Training Coordinator at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities; and Dr. Timothy Freeman, Primary Care Physician at Alliance Primary Care.

Online Resources

• The National Health Care Transition Center works to assure that youth with/without special health care needs receive care in a medical home that provides family-centered/youth activated transition preparation, planned transfers from pediatric to adult health care and respectful partnerships. 
• The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities is a national leader in confronting the challenges of autism and other developmental conditions through its collaborative research, training and service programs.

Materials

SPHARC hosted a meeting in Missouri in 2010 as part of the Peer-to-Peer Exchange program. To explore additional resources gathered from the meeting, click here.

•  Life Journey Through Autism: A Guide for Transition to Adulthood
• My Life, My Health Checklists: Ready? [Spanish]
• My Life, My Health Checklists: Get Set. [Spanish]
• My Life, My Health Checklists: Go! [Spanish]
• HRTW Portable Medical Summary