Aged 16 – 17 – SCI Healthcare Transition

Have you been following the transition stages? If your child is able to make a health appointment for themselves, see a health professional alone, ask any questions they may have, and refill medications they may be ready to transition into the adult healthcare system. With your child, complete the four steps below to make sure you and your child are fully prepared for the transition.

If your child is still learning that is ok – support your child to review the resources from the earlier transition stages and continue to discuss any questions or concerns you have with your child’s healthcare team.

At this stage you and your child may be ready to start planning for your move. Here is how you can start to get prepared:

Take the transition readiness quiz with your child. Did they select the same responses as you? Discuss the results together.

Together with your child fill in the transition checklist.

Transition Readiness Checklist

Talk to your child’s healthcare team about what you and your child want your transfer to look like and the results from your quiz and checklist. Here are some ideas on what questions to ask.

Speaking with healthcare professionals

Work with your child’s healthcare team to identify the goals your child needs to achieve for their transition and break these goals down into manageable and achievable tasks. You can use this goal-planning sheet to help you.

Goal Planning Worksheet

Remember to continue updating your child’s medical summary so that all their important information is ready for their new adult healthcare team. You can also keep track of all their health appointments using the schedule of health appointments document. If you haven’t yet started your personal medical summary or schedule of health appointments you can find them both below.