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The CF Transition to Adult Care: How to Prepare Your Teen for Independent Health Management
Special Needs > Cystic Fibrosis

The CF Transition to Adult Care: How to Prepare Your Teen for Independent Health Management

By Franklin Morris
...same pediatric team...The transition to...transition to adult...to adult CF...structural. Adult clinics...Adult clinics operate...This transition doesn't...have to derail...at adult clinics...adult clinics already...how to prepare....the Transition Happens....Most pediatric CF...centers transition patients...Some transition as...extend pediatric care...care to 21...the adult clinic...adult clinic has...initiate transition planning...ask. Transition readiness...in Adult CF...Care. Pediatric CF...the clinic. Adult...clinic. Adult CF...
Transition to Adult Care in Spina Bifida: Why Planning Starts at 14 Not 18
Special Needs > Spina Bifida

Transition to Adult Care in Spina Bifida: Why Planning Starts at 14 Not 18

By Dr. Evelyn Mercer
...child's pediatric spina bifida...spina bifida clinic has been...ages out of pediatrics, and that...about this transition when their...crises. Transition planning...your child to manage their...take years to build, not...starting transition conversations...everything" to "I understand...focus shifts to hands-on...knowing when to go to the...when to go to the ER versus...versus when to call the...
Patients Share the Significance of Transition
Career > Accommodations

Patients Share the Significance of Transition

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...from pediatrics into...the adult medical...young adults express...shock to your...wait to jump...from adults with...with transitioning...from pediatrics to...pediatrics to adult-oriented...to adult-oriented...first transitioning...the pediatric to...pediatric to the...the adult clinic...adult clinic because...difficult to adapt...adapt to new...my adult doctor...more adult health...need to be...talking to an..."adult" doctor..."adult" problems....the pediatric clinic...pediatric clinic is...switched to is...blunt, to the...directly to me....me to clinic...to clinic but...was transitioned,...in to see...me to clinic...to clinic but...
Advice on Transition from Pediatrics to Adult
Parenting > Adulthood

Advice on Transition from Pediatrics to Adult

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...our Transition article...from a pediatric clinic...pediatric clinic to an...clinic to an adult...to an adult clinic....adult clinic. This...explains to us her...when I transitioned and...directly to me and...CF). Transitioning to...Transitioning to the adult...to the adult clinic...adult clinic was awful....patient to her…I'm...started to get to...to get to know each...inconvenience to her. ....that my adult doctor...having to...
Virtual Speech Therapy: Does It Work as Well as In-Person Sessions?
Therapies > Speech

Virtual Speech Therapy: Does It Work as Well as In-Person Sessions?

By Caroline Harris
...that instinct is hard to shake even after the...speech-language services to in-person sessions...parents assume, with adult and pediatric outcome...assume, with adult and pediatric outcome data going...structured the same way a clinic visit would be, and...caregiver is present to help with materials...goals translate well to a screen. Physical,...
Occupational Therapy
Therapies > Occupational

Occupational Therapy

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...purpose is to assist clients...daily life. Pediatric occupational...include: pediatric intensive...private clinics, and schools....schools. Pediatric therapists...and young adults who have...in order to determine...developed to ensure that...clients to develop...enable them to live more...environment due to an over-...desensitized to inputs that...are able to better cope...leading to more typical...response to non-preferred...
Transition from High School: A Year-by-Year Timeline for Planning Adult Life
Parenting > Adulthood

Transition from High School: A Year-by-Year Timeline for Planning Adult Life

By Dr. Opal Stenson
...notice the transition age of...supposed to file two...folder. The transition to adulthood...transition to adulthood...systems, pediatric medicine...person off to adulthood...time. Both transitions get treated...know what to ask for...requires transition planning...planning to begin...the age to add a...add a transition goal to...transition goal to the IEP:...their life to look like...ask them to. This...the age to start...which adult service...
When to Replace Your Child's Wheelchair: Fit Indicators and Insurance Timeline
Assistive Tech > Mobility

When to Replace Your Child's Wheelchair: Fit Indicators and Insurance Timeline

By Dr. Fiona Maddox
...daughter is slumping to one side in her...that were adjusted to their highest setting...their wheelchair. Pediatric wheelchairs have...children grow. Unlike adult wheelchairs expected...wheelchairs expected to last five years...chairs must adapt to or be replaced...longer fits and how to navigate the insurance...placement and leads to asymmetrical posture....asymmetrical posture. What to check: With your...
Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials
Research > Assistive Tech

Brain-Computer Interfaces for Children Who Can't Speak: Research, Reality, and How to Access Trials

By William Lewis
...seen is a clear answer to whether any of this...any of this applies to your 7-year-old who...most studies recruit adults, and the gap between...between "approved for adults" and "usable by a child...tested, explains why pediatric BCI design is fundamentally...fundamentally different from adult applications, and shows...shows you exactly how to find trials your child...
The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care
Global Insights > Healthcare

The Healthcare Transition at 21: How to Prepare Your Child (and Yourself) for the Shift to Adult Care

By Ivy Sullivan
...young adults with neurodevelopmental...transfer to adult...transfer to adult care....without transition support....designed for adults who had...who had pediatric disabilities....aged 12 to 17 receive...adequate transition support,...according to Got Transition...to Got Transition and MACPAC....this: adult providers...what to do when...Most adults with cerebral...seeing pediatric specialists...and how to adjust...differences. Adult providers...specialists in adult systems)...trained on adult-onset...
Navigating the Age 18 Disability Benefits Transition: What Changes, What Stays, and How to Prepare
Legal > Government Benefits

Navigating the Age 18 Disability Benefits Transition: What Changes, What Stays, and How to Prepare

By James Williams
...you're about to enter a benefits...status under adult standards....designed for adults who once...your young adult keeps income...and access to services...services tied to SSI receipt....child under pediatric disability...standards to adult disability...standards to adult disability...practice. Adult Disability...applies the adult definition:...inability to engage in...activity due to a medically...expected to last at least...
Transitions: Give Some Independence . . .
Lifestyle > Independence

Transitions: Give Some Independence . . .

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...series on transitioning from...from the pediatric to adult...pediatric to adult...pediatric to adult medical...defining transition and why...going to start...at how to start...start the transition process...fact, the transition to responsibility...transition to responsibility...enough to spit peas...things to get control...teaches us to share...easiest way to share...what to do and...when to do it,...we say to a child:...like to take your...planning to do your...

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