The T-KASH resources consist of a transition journey poster, knowledge and skills poster and 11 logos that can be used in any health/speciality or education setting e.g. Hospital, GP, or school to signify different aspects of transitional care. Transition in health covers wide and varied aspects of young person’s lives, which supports them as they mature and enter into adulthood.
What is T-KASH? 
T-KASH (Transition-Knowledge And Skills in Health) are FREE resources created by young people (YP) from the Alström Syndrome UK Hear My Voice Youth Forum. They are for YP, families and professionals to help them understand transition in health settings.
The resources aim to:
- Draw attention to the knowledge and skills YP should be developing to manage their healthcare, while having the best life possible
- Prepare YP/families for identifying and coping with change at key points in their lives
- Supporting YP to plan for their future and cope with their eventual transfer/settling into adult services
What are the T-KASH resources?
The T-KASH resources consist of a transition journey poster, knowledge and skills poster and 11 logos that can be used in any health/speciality or education setting e.g. Hospital, GP, or school to signify different aspects of transitional care. Transition in health covers wide and varied aspects of young person’s lives, which supports them as they mature and enter into adulthood.
The logos draw attention to knowledge and skill areas that young people say they should be competent in by the time they transfer to adult health care. The message is that young people, with long term health conditions, have full and active lives. They also expect healthcare professionals to be able to have wider discussions about areas such as vocational choices, confidentiality or how to develop life skills. All the resources were created with young people’s ideas, and suggestions and were launched at the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) 30th anniversary rare disease in paediatrics conference and Rare Disease Day tea party 23.03.2016.
Pictured above: Maariyah with Mum, Farzana, Kion with Mum, Kerry, ASUK National Development Manager, Professor Tim Barrett, Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Marie McGee, ASUK National Transition Co-ordinator (BCH, Rare Diabetes Transition Co-ordinator) at the launch.
How can I get the T-KASH resources? (FREE DOWNLOADS)
ASUK would like these resources to be used as widely as possible to ensure young people’s voices are heard at every stage of transition. These resources are free of charge by registering with ASUK, simply send an email with your name, job title, place of work and what the materials will be used for to ASUK Office Manager, Catherine Lewis Catherine.lewis@alstrom.org.uk or call 07970 071675 to request copies of the information.
Inclusion – Transcribing the resources into Braille
Attached here is a word document that can be sent to any transcription service to have the detail of the posters transcribed into Braille.
ASUK have used the services of Queen Alexander College, Birmingham, Transcription Service known as All Formats http://www.allformats.org.uk/ Paul and Andy have transcribed the information into a user friendly document so Braille users can interact with the information. If you would like copies in Braille please order from Catherine Lewis (There will be a charge depending on how many are ordered).
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