Transition Seminar; Jacksonville, FL; 10-23-2005

Developing a Successful Transition Services Program for
Jacksonville Youth with Special Health Care Needs

September 23, 2005

Jacksonville, FL

Objective of the Seminar:

To provide information about models which have been implemented which facilitate the transition of adolescents with special health care needs from pediatric to adult care
To support the planning of the Jacksonville Health and Transition Services (JaxHATS) for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs program

Seminar Presentations:

(click presentation title to view slide show with audio)

Speaker: Eric Levey, MD

Director, Center for Spina Bifida and Related Conditions, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Assistant Prof Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore , MD

Moving from Pediatric to Adult Health Care for People with Disabilities
Speaker: Ronna Linroth, OTR, MA

Mgr Adult/North Clinic Services, Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare, New Brighton , MN
Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare is a program of Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. The creation of an adult specialty outpatient clinic was the catalyst to examine an intentional transition program for our patients.

Speaker: Debra Lotstein, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California , Los Angeles , CA

Transition Clinic for Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

Speaker: Thomas Webb, MD

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Division of Developmental Disabilities, Cincinnati , OH

Seminar Discussion:

Moderators:

John Reiss, Ph.D., Director, Transition Initiative at the University of Florida

David Wood, M.D., Medical Director, Managed Access to Child Health

Presented by:

Managed Access to Child Health, Inc. ( Jacksonville , Florida )
and by the Transition Initiative at the University of Florida

Supported by:

ARC Jacksonville
Protecting and Providing for the Needs of People with Developmental Disabilities