Skills Gained

• Recognize barriers to and risks at transition to adult care for youth with chronic health conditions and disabilities (CHC/Ds).
• Identify practical strategies and/or tools to facilitate transition and transfer.
• Identify common concerns of adolescents with disabilities or chronic illness that may be affected by their condition.
• Identify challenges family physicians/primary care providers should anticipate in their young adult patients with CHC/Ds who are transitioning from paediatric to adult health care.
• Identify effective approaches to building rapport with young adult patients with CHC/Ds.
• Identify common barriers to adherence to medical care with patients with CHC/Ds.
• Identify methods for promoting adherence and motivation in adolescent and young adult patients with CHC/Ds.
• Identify key aspects of transition that are unique to the experiences of young adults with cognitive impairment/developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers.
• Identify strategies family physicians/primary care providers can use to integrate young adults with significant developmental and intellectual disabilities into their practice.
• Identify resources for addressing specific issues in transition for youth with significant developmental and intellectual disabilities such as decision-making, communication, adaptive functioning and health and health service utilization.