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RCH Youth Forum

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The Royal Children’s Hospital Youth Advisory Council invites you to the first-ever

RCH Youth Forum
Monday 8 August 2011

Register here today

The 2011 RCH Youth Forum is open to all 12-20 year olds who have an interest in or an association with the hopsital, including inpatients, outpatients, siblings and friends. Young people will come together in a fun and friendly environment to discuss their ideas about how to make the hospital an even better place for them.

A great opportunity for young people to develop their skills in:

  • leadership
  • public speaking
  • youth advocacy
  • teamwork.

Participants can contribute to:

  • the identification of youth health issues in 2011
  • improving the hospital experience for children and young people with the move to the new  RCH.

There will be three different workshop strands that will use various creative arts mediums—including theatre, music and creative writing—to prompt discussion and facilitate expression of the young people’s views.

The Youth Advisory Council will record these views via film, sound and written content to inform policies and practices at the RCH and in the broader community.

The forum will run over one day from 9.00am–3.40pm at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. All registered participants will receive a forum pack which will include a letter for their school or education provider, directions to the RCH and an overview of the day.

Places are limited, so register today at: http://rch.ncsonline.com.au/home

Adolescent transition moves along…

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The adolescent transition team has been busy engaging with several departments across the RCH. Discussions have taken place in several departments including rehab, cystic fibrosis, immunology, genetics and the Centre for Community Child Health. We have also begun transition clinics and individual consultations with the haemophilia and cardiology departments.

The adolescent transition team is very excited to roll out the transition program across these departments.

We are also continuing our work with the rheumatology department. Currenly we have about 35 young people and their parents/carers involved in our clinics.

To discuss how adolescent transition could be implemented in your department give the adolescent transition team a ring on 9345 4980.

Adolescent transition team expanding…

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The adolescent transition team is pleased to announce the arrival of two new team members, Evelyn Culnane and Charlie Bowes. With a background in teaching and nursing respectively these two are a welcome addition to the crew. Evelyn and Charlie will be involved in the hospital wide launch of adolescent transition.

The adolescent transition program now comprises:
Sarah Macnee, Adolescent Transition Program Manager
Evelyn Culnane, Adolescent Transition Coordinator
Charlie Bowes, Adolescent Transition Liaison Nurse
Jordan Hammond, Adolescent Transition Project Officer

To get in touch with anyone from the adolescent transition team please head to our contact us page.

Adolescent transition: coming to an area near you soon!

P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for our posters which are now going up across the hospital.

Get the GYST

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Gyst is a website for young people living with diabetes who are going through the process of transition. Recently developed, GYST aims to provide young people with a fresh new approach to preparation for adult life.

You don’t have to have diabetes to check it out! The website provides links to information that is both specific to young people with diabetes as well as to young people in general.

GYST addresses different aspects of life including:

  • getting a drivers licence,
  • finding employment opportunities,
  • accommodation,
  • travel,
  • education,
  • and resouces for maintaining health and getting support.

There’s even a section where you can access information about current musicians who helped out on the project!

The website provides some fantastic links to information that is youth friendly and gives tips on how to juggle living with diabetes, being an adolescent, finding support and transition.

For more information about GYST please head to their website at www.gyst.org.au

RCH Adolescent Transition Program in a major implementation phase!

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After lots of behind the scenes work over recent months, we are excited to announce lots of new initiatives:

- New RCH Adolescent Transition Procedure [link]
- New RCH medical records form [link]
- New Adolescent Transition Facts Sheets – more to come!
- New Adolescent Transition Tools/checklists – more to come! |
- The launch of the Rheumatology Adolescent Transition pilot
- Some major transition research projects

Under development and coming soon:

•    New Adolescent Transition Feedback form
•    Lots of work on this website including a “Transition Stories” section

For more information:

Call the RCH Adolescent Transition Program on 9345 4858/4980
Or email us.

Cheers,

The RCH Adolescent Transition Team