Preparing for adult life

The key topics to think about as your child moves into adulthood.

In this section:


Making a plan


Making decisions


Benefits & money


Wills & trusts


Education, health & social care


Getting a job


Independent living & housing


Growing up, sex and relationships

Developing self esteem

Making friends

Puberty and growing up

Sex and sexual awareness

Sex and relationship education in school


Do you live in Scotland?

Visit our microsite Talking about Tomorrow for advice and support on moving into adulthood for families in Scotland!


Working in partnership to develop this information for families

Contact worked in partnership with Carers UK, National Network of Parents Carer Forums (NNPCF)  and National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) as part of a consortium to develop these webpages.

The consortium was funded to do this by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) with the aim of supporting parent carers navigate the transition from child to adult services as their child approaches the age of 18.

Parent carers, who we recognise are experts by experience, were key to developing this information, and the information on our webpages is based on what they told us was needed.

Other stakeholders involved in the project included:

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