Community provider support tools
Children’s Health℠ has developed a variety of resources that health care professionals can use to give to their patients and families.
Resources for parents include over 22 medical social and behavioral health topics. Many of the documents are available in English and Spanish. The medical social resource topics range from camps and activities for children, to guides on medical decision making, insurance and financial information.
The behavioral health resources include support for parents related to children with learning disabilities,ADHD, and autism to parenting advice around sleep and technology use.
Resources for your practice include many tools and information to guide the transition of a child to an adult provider, and information on the nursing care of a child dependent on technologies, such as a central venous catheter, tracheostomy, ventilator or gastrostomy tube.
Resources to share with patients
Medical social resources
Guide to Health Insurance and Assistance Programs for Children and Teens (English) (pdf)
Guide to Health Insurance and Assistance Programs for Children and Teens (Spanish) (pdf)
Healthcare Insurance and Assistance Programs for Children and Teens (English) (pdf)
Information, Advocacy and Support Groups for Children with Special Needs (English) (pdf)
Information, Advocacy and Support Groups for Children with Special Needs (Spanish) (pdf)
Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECC) (English) (pdf)
Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers (PPECC) (Spanish) (pdf)
Relationship Development for Children and Teens with Special Needs (English) (pdf)
Relationship Development for Children and Teens with Special Needs (Spanish) (pdf)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Adults (English) (pdf)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Adults (Spanish) (pdf)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Children and Teens (English) (pdf)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Children and Teens (Spanish) (pdf)
Transportation for Children with Disabilities (English) (pdf)
Transportation for Children with Disabilities (Spanish) (pdf)
Behavioral health resources
Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) How They Affect Your Child (English) (pdf)
Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) How They Affect Your Child (Spanish) (pdf)
Anxiety-Understanding and Supporting your Child (English) (pdf)
Anxiety-Understanding and Supporting your Child (Spanish) (pdf)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Top Therapies for Children (English) (pdf)
Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD Top Therapies for Children (Spanish) (pdf)
Development-When to Talk to Your Child's Doctor (English) (pdf)
Development-When to Talk to Your Child's Doctor (Spanish) (pdf)
Learning Disabilities-Do You Think Your Child Has One (English) (pdf)
Learning Disabilities-Do You Think Your Child Has One-Spanish (pdf)
Parenting-How to Nurture Your Child's Mental Health (English) (pdf)
Parenting-How to Nurture Your Child's Mental Health (Spanish) (pdf)
Sleep-7 Tips to Get Your Child Back on Schedule for School (English) (pdf)
Sleep-7 Tips to Get Your Child Back on Schedule for School (Spanish) (pdf)
Technology-Internet Safety for Kids and Teens (English) (pdf)
Technology-Internet Safety for Kids and Teens (Spanish) (pdf)
Technology-Is Being Online Affecting Your Child's Mental Health (English) (pdf)
Technology-Is Being Online Affecting Your Child's Mental Health (Spanish) (pdf)
Resources for practice use
Transition to adult care toolkit
The process of moving from pediatric to adult care, or health care transition, is an exciting and challenging time for teens and young adults with and without medical complexities. Transition takes time, with planning, preparation, moving to an adult model of care, and eventually transferring to new adult doctors. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends this process begins by age 16, including legal and medical decision-making changes at age 18, with transition occurring between ages 18 and 21.
At Children’s Health, the Office of Patient Transition supports the health care transition of teens, young adults, and families across the Children’s Health Network.
This toolkit includes educational tools for teens, young adults, and families as they move through their journey to transition to adult care. These resources are for healthy teens and those with a chronic condition will be independent in the management of their health care and medically complex teens and young adults who also may have parents or caregivers involved in their care into adulthood.
Knowing Your Health Condition and Medicines Guide English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Manage Your Health Condition Independent English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Wellness Behaviors Guide English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Knowledge of Health Insurance and Resources Guide English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Learning More About Transitioning to Adult Care (English/Spanish) (pdf)
Health Care Transition Journeymap English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
About Health Care Transition English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Health Care English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Health Insurance English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Understanding Your Health Insurance Card English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Finding an Adult Provider English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Your First Adult Appointment English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Transferring Your Care English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Caring for Your Health in College English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
One-on-One with Your Health English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
A Guide to Health Insurance Plans for Adults English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Guide to Medicaid Waiver Programs English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Adults English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Special Needs Trust and Texas ABLE Program English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Medical Decision-Making English (pdf) | Spanish (pdf)
Below are links to resources for implementing health care transition into your practice:
Children’s Health Checkup:
Pediatric Insights: Advances and Innovations with Children’s Health
