www.oivillage.com
Raising a child with a
disability
www.raisingchildren.net.au/disabilities
For
brothers and sisters (siblings)
Resources on our website for
siblings of children with OI
Transition Care
Website
www.health.nsw.gov.au/gmct/transition
As a child becomes an adult he or
she outgrows the expertise of children's (paediatric)
health service and needs to find an adult health
provider. When health professionals in the children's
service start discussing "transition" they are talking
about getting ready to look for and prepare a young
person for adult health services.
Transition takes time.
People should start to bring up the topic of transition
when a client become a teenager. If they don't, parents
and young people can ask them some questions about it. To
find out more about transition and the transition care
program -
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