Transition Talks Tuesdays: Health Care Transition: Building a Bridge from Adolescent to Adult Health Care

As we look ahead to our students/children turning 18, we need to keep an eye on health care. What steps need to be taken to move into the world of adult health care? What skills can be taught (even in middle school)? How can we tell what a student needs to know? We welcome in Hunter Markle, self-advocate, and his dad, Tim Markle, Director of the Youth Health Transition Initiative.

Transition Talks Tuesdays (TTT) is presented by the Youth Health Transition Initiative, and is a series of workshops throughout fall 2024 on different transition topics. 

Registration is open; you can register for one or more workshops.

The Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Initiative aims to make healthcare transition easier for youth with special healthcare needs in Wisconsin. We do this by developing and sharing healthcare transition resources with families and healthcare providers. We also work with healthcare providers to support best practice transition care for patients with disabilities and special healthcare needs.

Our Initiative is based out of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center. We believe all families (including the self-advocate) deserve the best information possible so they can make their own decisions. TTT is one way we encourage transition to be integrated across all parts of life.

We thank the Autism Society Affiliates of Wisconsin (Greater Wisconsin, South Central Wisconsin, Southeastern Wisconsin) and the Children’s Resource Center-South for their partnership in the Fall 2024 edition of Transition Talks Tuesdays.