Building the professional support and personal assistance that they will need.
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Help create a team of support for your youth – it may look different at 12 than it will at 20 years of age.
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Make a ‘Planning Circle’ – put your youth in the centre – who are all the people involved in his/her care now and in the future?
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Talk to
other families who have built a network of support around their youth.
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Build an online support network through
TYZE.
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Learn about
advocacy supports in BC for special populations of youth in transition.
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By age 14 years, ensure youth visit their Family Practitioner (FP) and/or Nurse Practitioner (NP) twice a
year.Ensure the right FP/ NP is on your clinical chart and receiving letters from all Specialists.
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Search online for a Family Practitioner (physician or nurse practitioner - consider gender, youth-friendliness, clinic location, office hours).
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Ways to change from a Pediatrician to a Family Physician.
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Just TRAC it!: At 16 years of age, ask your pediatric team for names of Adult Specialist(s), save in Contacts app on phone or tablet.
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With your youth, watch Shane’s artistic example of the “Doctor Switch” – then talk about it.
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Find an Adult Specialist by location, specialty, and language.
