Speakers:
Terri M. Hickam, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW, CCM
Patience H. White, MD, MA, FAAP, MACP, MACR

Each year thousands of young adults with and without special health care needs age out of pediatric care. Pediatric and adult clinicians often do not communicate with each other in this transition process and often do not improve their practice processes to improve HCT planning, transfer and integration into adult health care, the three pillars to improving transition services for youth and families. Assuring effective transitions across the health care continuum is an important standard of practice. This session will describe a structured process that will make improvements possible for the transition.

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe current drivers urging both peditric and adult health care professionals to recognize, prepare, and provide transition-to-adulthood services to adolescents and young adults.
• Employ the structured approach to HCT accessing free and publicly available resources and tools.
• Identify care management interventions to increase client engagement and prevent discontinuation of care during transition from pediatric to adult care.

Credit Information
The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission to provide continuing education credit to CDMS® board certified disability managers. The course is approved for 1 CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

To earn contact hours/CEs: In order to earn your contact hour(s)/CE, you will have to watch the presentation in its entirety and complete the survey. Once both the presentation and survey are marked as complete, you will receive your Certificate of Completion. If you are a CCM, your CEs will automatically record in your CCMC account.

Disclosures:
All planners and speakers have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.

Commercial Support or Non-Commercial Sponsorship: There is no commercial support for this activity. The planners and faculty have no relevant relationships to disclose.

Expiration date: 02/28/2027