Transitioning from pediatric to adult health care is a major step for young people in high school. School-based health centers (SBHCs) are great places to help those students learn to manage their own care, navigate care independently, understand changes in privacy and consent, and find and stay connected to adult care once they leave their SBHC.
To help guide SBHC clinicians and other school staff integrate health care transition (HCT) supports into their system, the School-Based Health Alliance and Got Transition have developed the exciting new “School Based Health Center (SBHC) Playbook on Health Care Transition (HCT),” which includes practical strategies that can assist students with their transition from the SBHC to adult health care.