13 Year Well Visit

Routine well-child visits that focus on your child's growth, development and well-being are important for supporting their overall health. All children develop at different rates. Talk with your provider about questions and concerns you have in any of these areas. 

Your Visit May Include

• Growth: Measurements that show where your child is compared with other kids.
  1. Weight - light clothing on standing scale
  2. Height - standing
• Blood pressure: A cuff is placed around your child's arm that gives a squeeze.
• Screening for mental health: Questions about your child's overall well-being and mental health will be done for this visit.
• Time with your provider: After talking with you and your teen together, the provider may request one on one time with your teen to answer any other questions.

Vaccines

Typically there are no vaccines needed at your child’s 13 year visit. This may differ based on circumstances specific to your child and the clinic where your child receives care. Your child may also be due for other seasonal vaccines such as influenza or COVID-19. 

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Learn More About Our Team

• Behavioral health consultants: Learn more about how they are a part of our primary care team and how they can help. Ask your provider for more information.

Safety

• Online safety: Learn about ways to be safe while you are online on your smartphones, laptops and other devices.
• Safe car travel: Learn tips to help your child ride safely in a car.
• Sports safety: Using the wrong or not properly fitted equipment is a major cause of injuries.
• Water safety: Learn about water safety tips.

Common Topics

• Balancing activities: Find tips on choosing activities and how to balance them with other parts of your child’s life.
• Coping with stress: Learn more about how to find ways to cope with stress.
• Depression in teens: Learn some signs of depression and how you can help.
• Getting teens involved in their health care: Tips to help prepare your child on managing their care when they reach adulthood.
• Healthy relationships: Learn about healthy relationships.
• Homework: Learn tips to help your teen with homework.
• Peer pressure: Find out about how the pressure to do what peers are doing can be hard to resist.
• Positive parenting: Learn tips about age appropriate parenting strategies.
• Screen time: Find out how much is too much and other media use tips.
• Self esteem for kids: It’s great to feel good about yourself. Learn how to build healthy self esteem.
• Sexual health: Learn facts about teen sexual health topics.
• Sleep: Learn more about good teen sleep habits.
• Suicide: What you need to know and how you can help.
• Talking to your child about alcohol: Advice on talking to your child about the effects of alcohol and why it’s dangerous for growing bodies and minds.
• Talking to your child about drugs: Learn how to talk to your child about drugs and tips on how to keep them safe.
• Test-taking: Tips to help your child feel prepared for tests.
• Vaping: Learn more about vaping and its health risks.