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This page was last modified on : 01/26/2012

Transition

Introduction


Children and families experience many transitions, large and small, over the years. Three predictable transitions occur when children reach school age, when they approach adolescence, and when they move from adolescence to adulthood. Other transitions include moving into new programs, working with new agencies and care providers, and making new friends. Transitions involve changes: adding new expectations, responsibilities, or resources, and letting go of others.

Please see the Transition page under Physicians and the Adolescent Transition page under Resources and Support for more information.

 

Young Adult Transition- Washington State Resources


The Washington State Adolescent Health Transition Project

Wonderful information and tools to assist families who have children or youth with special health care needs from birth through young adulthood. Funded by the Washington State Department of Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs Program.

www.depts.washington.edu/healthtr/index.html

The Center for Change in Transition Services, Seattle University

Web site provides special education teachers, directors, students and their families with resources, information and news regarding secondary special education and transition services.
www.seattleu.edu/ccts/index.asp

Informing Families, Building Trust

Website with information from the Developmental Disabilities Council and the Division of Developmental Disabilities, in partnership with other organizations, to improve the communication available to families who have individuals with disabilities. Resource sections by age groups: 0-3, 3-16, 16-21, 21-40, and 40+ years.

https://fortress.wa.gov/com/csddcinformingfamilies//Page.aspx?nid=6

ACHIEVE program at Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA

Helps transition aged students with intellectual disabilities gain access to the array of courses and programs offered at the college. The ACHIEVE program supports Highline's mission and values of equal access and quality educational opportunities by providing intensive supported education and employment services for students with intellectual disabilities to help them pursue their dreams of postsecondary education.

ACHIEVE specifically targets young people with intellectual disabilities who are still eligible for special education funding from their local school districts to transition into higher education as well as students with intellectual disabilities who have exited the K-12 system and are between the ages of 18-24.

http://flightline.highline.edu/ces/students_new.php

 

Venture Program- Bellevue Community College, WA

This pilot program is the first degree program in America for students challenged with learning, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.  With an expanded curriculum of 52 separate courses, the college's Venture program now offers a 90-credit Associate in Essential Studies degree through which high-functioning individuals with learning, cognitive and intellectual disabilities can demonstrate mastery of an established body of knowledge and gain the
skills for lifetime success.

www.bcc.ctc.edu/venture

Young Adult Transition- National Resources


 

Got Transition?

National resource for health care professionals, families, youth, and state policy makers focusing on a young adult's transition from pediatric to adult health care. This site serves as the basis for an information exchange about health care transition, particularly as pertaining to youth with special health care needs.

www.gottransition.org/

Transition Workbooks - Children's Medical Services Network

           Health Care Transition Workbooks for Parents and Youth

           Created by John Reiss, Ph.D. and Robert Gibson, MSOTR/L

           and the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University

           of Florida.  Workbooks for ages 12-14 years, 15-17 years,

           and 18 years and older.

Special Needs Trusts: Planning for the Financial Future

Many children with disabilities will outlive their parents.  Experts recommend that parents who have children with disabilities who will have a hard time being financially independent set up a special needs trust.   Special needs trusts can give disabled adults a cushion while allowing them to take advantage of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. 
www.nami.org/snep

 
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