About this Training: The Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Initiative (YHTI) supports youth and families by providing educational materials, training, and resources to help with the complex process of transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare systems. This support includes workshops like “Build Your Bridge” for families and “Dreaming Differently” for families of children with intellectual/developmental disabilities, as well as a quarterly learning community for providers and other interested stakeholders to share best practices and improve transition planning. The YHTI also promotes integrated planning for education, employment, and healthcare through collaboration with other projects and resources like Got Transition® to ensure a smoother transition for young people into adulthood
About The Series: Transition Talks Tuesdays is a collaborative effort to provide students, families, educators, and community members with important information they need to know before a student turns 18 years old. We will cover a number of major areas that need to be considered. This fall we are inviting in some partners you might not be aware of and asking them “how do you support adolescents moving into adulthood and their families?”
Who should attend? Family members, self-advocates, educators, social workers, therapists, providers, community members – anyone who wants to understand some of pieces involved in becoming an adult if you have a disability or special health care need.
Presented by: The Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Initiative at the Waisman Center.
FFI: Contact Timothy S. Markle at tmarkle@wisc.edu
EVERYONE IS INVITED!