Health Care Transition Planning Guides

Planning guides often include checklists, but are much more comprehensive. You can download these from the website to save on your computer.

Health Care Transition Planning Guides
Three age-linked HCT planning guides are available, (12-14; 15-17 and 18+) and are designed to help parents and youth with special needs look at future goals, assess teen's level of independence on key health related activities, identify what parents are doing to support the teen’s autonomy in self-care, and develop a plan to transition from pediatric to adult-oriented health care. Available in English and Spanish. http://hctransitions.ichp.ufl.edu/products_planning_guides.php

Transition Health Care Checklist: Preparing for Life as an Adult
A resource to help youth and young adults with special health care needs and disabilities make a successful transition to adult living that includes their education, health and community living. Developed for Wisconsin, but useful for all. 
http://www.wsti.org/documents/Conference%20Handouts%202009/
Session%2015/Health%20Care%20Checklist.pdf

Transition Health Care Checklist: Transition to Adult Living in Pennsylvania – Booklet discussing the transition process and how to ensure that a youth’s health care needs are recognized and incorporated into the plan. Specific to Pennsylvania, but good resource for all. Updated in 2010.
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/
special_kids_network/14205/transition_health_care_checklist/558090

Transition to Adult Health Care: A Training Guide in Three Parts
Includes modules for youth, families and professionals. Can be used as a self-directed study program for a young person, a one-on-one teaching tool, or as the foundation for a series of workshops.
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/wrc/pdf/pubs/TAHC_2.pdf