Resources & Education
The following resources are available for download or for on-line viewing.
Connect to Protect
- Connect to Protect Program - (Including STI card for access to testing and treatment services for sexually transmitted infections and HIV)
Florida Health and Transition Services (FloridaHATS)
- FloridaHATS is a statewide clearinghouse of information and tools about transition from pediatric to adult health care for youth and young adults, families, health care providers and others. Also see information about HillsboroughHATS, a local coalition of advocates and stakeholders
- For more information about FloridaHATS and the health care transition resources listed below, please contact Janet Hess at 813-259-8812 or jhess@health.usf.edu
Hillsborough County Health Care Transition Information & Resource Guide
- Information Guide (English)
- Resource Guide (English)
- Guía de Información y Recursos del Condad de Hillsborough (Spanish)
- Also available in Braille and large print
High School Curriculum: What's Health Got To Do With Transition?
Project Evaluation Report: A Demonstration Model for School-Base Health Care Transition Education
Books on Hygiene and Sexuality for Adolescents with Disabilities
- Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality. Author: Terri Couwnhoven
- The Facts of Life... & More: Sexuality & Intimacy for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Author: Leslie Walker-Hirsch
- I Contact: Sexuality and People with Developmental Disabilities. Author: Dave Hingsburger
Books on Eating Disorders
- Helping Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder. Authors: James Lock and Daniel LeGrange. Guilford Publishers, 2005
- Skills Based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder. Authors: Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith, Anna Crane. Routledge, 2007