Build Knowledge, Skills & Responsibility

A checklist can help teens and families think about the knowledge, skills and responsibility that are important to develop during the transition process.

• Use our Transition Checklist Worksheet

• Review more resources to learn skills & manage medications

See transition timelines from the Adolescent Health Transition Project

Find checklists and more from the Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC), the Illinois Title V agency that provides care coordination for families and children with special health care needs

Review information for both teens and families, Healthy and Ready to Work

Watch videos and skill building exercises for teens and patients up to 25 years old from Healthy Transitions

Join a transition blog, such as the Health Care Transitions Digest

Set up text message reminders to take medicine with My Med Schedule

Create and wear a medical ID bracelet, such as the ones at Lauren’s Hope

Create a Portable Medical Summary

A portable medical summary includes information about your medical conditions, medications, allergies, major surgeries, doctors and more. Ask your doctor for any details you don't know. And if anything changes, be sure to update it in the summary.

• Review tips on creating a Medical Health Summary

• Make your own Care Notebook

Finally, be sure to ask your current pediatric healthcare team for resources, too.

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