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Youth in Transition Toolkit:

Youth in Transition Toolkit

  1. Minnesota’s Youth in Transition Framework
  2. Educate yourself
  3. Engage families
  4. Support youth
    1. My best life
    2. In(ter)dependent living
    3. Employment
    4. Postsecondary education and training
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In(ter)dependent living

Healthy living

Well-being

Is the youth prepared to manage their mental and physical health?

Well-being includes maintaining a healthy lifestyle, seeking medical care, managing medications and staying physically active. For some people, well-being also includes spirituality.

  • Awareness: Understand basic well-being concepts.
  • Exploration: Identify personal strengths, preferences, interests and needs related to well-being.
  • Preparation: Practice well-being skills at home, school and in the community.
  • Implementation: Use well-being skills at home, school and in the community.

Workplace readiness training

LEARN: Develop your knowledge

Learn how to support youth in exploring well-being.

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DO: Work with youth

Find resources to help youth explore well-being.

The AASPIRE Healthcare Toolkit for Patients and Supporters page on Staying Healthy has lots of resources on healthy living, including information on nutrition, exercise, preventive care, and recreation for both youth and adults with disabilities.

Staying Healthy

To help youth identify their vision for a healthy life, use the following tools from Charting the LifeCourse's healthy living portfolio:

Integrated supports star for healthy living (PDF) page
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