TransitionInAction Clinic
| AZ-Sonoran UCEDD | |||
| Program Type | UCEDD | Fiscal Year | 2020 |
| Contact | Wendy Parent-Johnson, Ph.D., CRC, CESP | ||
| [email protected] | |||
| Phone | 520-626-0080 | ||
| Project Description | |||
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The TransitionInAction Clinic is a comprehensive, day long, multi-disciplinary team experience designed to assess a young adults current status and future goals in the major life areas of health, education, employment, and independent living as they plan their transition to adulthood. The Clinic includes interviews, assessments, discussions, meetings with a family member and self-advocate peer mentor, a guided health care transition simulation, situational assessment mini work experiences, and one-on-one meetings with representatives from adult services (e.g., vocational rehabilitation, independent living, supported employment provider, family advocacy, mental health, benefits planning, and developmental disability resource coordinator). The Transition Engagement Guide (Parent-Johnson, Parent-Johnson, & Meier, 2017), a tool developed with a diverse group of stakeholders and pilot-tested with promising results, is used to guide youth with disabilities, families and health professionals in the development of an action plan that promotes assets, opportunities, and connections in preparation for transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. Both the young adult and family participate in separate and together activities focused on allowing the team to get to know the young adults strengths, interests and vision for the future. Together with the young adult and family member, the multidisciplinary Clinic team generates a comprehensive plan for transitions that is focused, coordinated and action oriented with specific recommendations for next steps as they relate to successful transitions. Resources and a clinic report highlighting recommendations are provided to enable sharing this information with other key people involved in the young persons transitions such as school, health care, and adult services. Clinic follow-up is conducted at regular intervals. Annual revisits as needed can be completed to update and address transition issues. The AZ Clinic will build on the work of the executive director while in SD to develop, implement, and evaluate a clinic for middle school youth and those who live in rural and Reservation communities with an emphasis on building capacity and replication using telehealth modalities. . |
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