Transition of Care from Pediatric to Adult Webinar

Professional organizations - American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American College of Physicians - recommend that all youth receive pediatric-to-adult health care transition (HCT) services.
Yet, national data consistently show that the majority of youth with and without special health care needs are not receiving needed HCT support from their health care providers. 1,2 According to the 2017/2018 National Survey of Children’s Health, 81% of youth with special health care needs and 86% of youth without special health care needs do not receive transition preparation services.2 Youth and families report many barriers to transition, which include feeling unprepared to move to a new doctor and manage their own care, anxiety about leaving their current doctor, difficulty finding a new adult doctor, and understanding the adult health care system. Got Transition, which is a national resource center on HCT operated by The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, and their family advisory group developed a family toolkit for families to use during pediatric-to-adult HCT and includes resources for both parents/caregivers and youth/young adults to use throughout the transition process.