Quarterly Learning Community
The Youth Health Transition Learning Community provides networking opportunities for anyone who wants to learn more about transition and how to move transition forward in their organization. This statewide group comes together virtually to share ideas and best practices around youth health transition. Our next webinar is September 25, 12:00-1:00pm and is titled “Health Integration with Special Olympics Wisconsin”. Registration is open.
These webinars are for :
- medical providers
- parents and caregivers
- service providers
- school staff
- others interested in supporting youth as they transition from adolescent to adult health care.
2025 Learning Community registration links, dates, times, and topics are available at https://healthtransitionwi.org/health-transition-learning-community/
Transition Talks Tuesdays Spring 2025 Recordings and Resources are available
Transition has many pieces! Learn about what those pieces are and how you can stay a step ahead so every child can be successful.
Transition Talks Tuesdays Spring 2025 (TTT Spring 2025) was planned in partnership with the Mount Horeb Area School District Transition team. Topics: Housing; Supported Decision-Making and Guardianship; Aging and Disability Resource Centers; Health Care Transition; Vocational Rehabilitation (Finding a Job); Recordings and resources from past sessions are at TTT Spring 2025.
Transition Talks Tuesdays Fall 2024--Recordings and Resources are available
Transition Talks Tuesdays 2024 (TTT Fall 2024) included 10 different sessions. All sessions were recorded. They also have resource sheets and slides. To access all resources, go to the TTT Fall 2024 page.
Topics: What’s After High School?; Preparing for Higher Education; Aging and Disability Resource Centers; Supported Decision Making and Guardianship; Special Needs Financial Planning; Health Care Transition; Disability Work Benefits; Ready to Work with DVR; Planning for Transition while in High School (PTP and Beyond 18); Independent Living Centers and Board for People with Developmental Disabilities.
We thank the Autism Society Affiliates of Wisconsin (Greater Wisconsin, South Central Wisconsin, Southeastern Wisconsin) and the Children’s Resource Center-South for their partnership in the Fall 2024 edition of Transition Talks Tuesdays. All Transition Talks Tuesdays (TTT) will be recorded and resource sheets will be made based on the recording.
Health Care Transition for I/DD ECHO
Health care transition (HCT) is the process of preparing youth and young adults for the transition to a healthy adulthood. For many, this means moving from a pediatric to an adult model of health care. A lack of HCT preparation guidance is associated with gaps in care, worsening health conditions, dissatisfaction with care, and increased rates of hospitalization.
Target Audience & Focus
This free, virtual, and national series is for health care providers who work with youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This includes primary and specialty care providers, advanced practice providers, nurses, and any other provider interested in transition.
Participants will learn and share strategies to support youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to direct their own transition from pediatric to adult care and a healthy adulthood.
This HCT ECHO training is funded by the Center for Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth with Disabilities. The Center’s goal is to empower youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 12-26 to direct their own transition from pediatric to adult care with no reduction in quality of care or gaps in services.
To learn more visit: https://www.waisman.wisc.edu/echo/health-care-transition/
To learn more about Project ECHO visit: https://projectecho.unm.edu/model/
Previous Sessions and Topics(Jan-May 2025)
- Working with Schools on Health Care Transition
(1/14/25) - Payment for Health Care Transition Services (3/11/25)
- Role of Families from Different Cultures in Health Care Transition (4/8/25)
- Mental Health Barriers and Options during the Transition to Adult Services (5/13/25)
- Transition Services for those with Medical Complexity (6/10/25)
Previous Sessions and Topics (Mar-May 2024)
- Health Care Transition Basics (3/8/2024)
- Supported Decision-Making and Other Decision-Making Options (3/22/2024)
- Strategies for Promoting Self-Advocate Independence with Health Care (4/12/2024)
- Sexuality and Reproductive Health (4/26/2024)
- Assessing Transition Readiness & Making a Plan (5/10/2024)
- Communication and Technology (5/24/2024)
Integrated Transition Planning
We actively participate in the Wisconsin Integrated Transition Planning Project, also based out of the UW Waisman Center.
This Project brings together self advocates, family members, and people who work in education, employment, and healthcare. They work together to improve and simplify the transition planning process by promoting integrated transition planning.
Integrated transition planning is when youth with disabilities, their family members and service providers thoughtfully map out and prepare for the youth’s life as an adult. It integrates planning for the youth’s education, work, and healthcare to achieve their goals as an adult. Ideally, this planning occurs throughout childhood with more focused planning as the child becomes a teen.