Online Publications & Resources
The Sherlock Center offers hundreds of online resources and publications on topics across the lifespan, from early intervention to transition to person-centered thinking, employment and self-determination.
These resources are searchable in the fields below. You can search by a keyword or an exact title in the “Search All Resources” box or you can search by project/service, topic or type – form, online resource or Sherlock Center publication.
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Itsy Bitsy Spider (iOS)
Learn about the environment and animals while singing along to this classic children's song in this free app.
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LetterSchool - Learn to Write (Android)
Children learn each letter in four entertaining steps with great graphics in this free app.
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LetterSchool - Learn to Write! (iOS)
Children learn each letter in four entertaining steps with great graphics in this free app designed for iPads.
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Light Box Trace Table (iOS)
This free app allows you to use your device as a light box on the go.
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Light Box Tracing Light Table (Android)
This free app allows you to use your device as a light box on the go.
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Literacy for ALL
This site provides online modules with introductory information on various instructional research-based practices and how they can be applied with students with cognitive, communication, physical and sensory challenges.
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Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss
This resource from the National Center on Deafblindness provides information on how to support students at various levels of literacy learning. It includes lesson plans, teaching strategies and hundreds of examples with photographs and videos to support understanding.
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Match It Up 1 (iOS)
In this free, fun color-matching game app for toddlers, children drag an array items to match the item in the center of the screen.
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My Baby Firework (Android)
This free app combines the lights and sounds of fireworks when the screen is touched.
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National Center on Deaf-Blindness
The center provides a digital library of information on a wide range of topics related to sensory impairment, links to resources within each state, events and trainings.
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National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
To address the uniqueness of deaf-blindness, NFADB works side by side with families, friends and professionals to provide information to help families advocate for individualized supports, online training and other resources, and building connections with key supports.
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Open Hands Open Access Intervener Learning Modules
This resource from the National Center on Deaf-Blindness provides online modules with introductory information on deaf-blindness and the supports needed to enable students to understand their environment, communicate and receive support from individuals trained in intervention of students who have sensory challenges.
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Paths to Literacy
This website, which is a collaboration between Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Perkins School for the Blind, is an online hub for information and ideas about literacy for children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities.
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Peekaboo Barn (iOS)
In this app, farm animals make different sounds inside the bouncing red barn. Tap the doors to find out who is inside! There is a small fee for this app.
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Preschool Games -Farm Animals By Photo Touch (iOS)
Play with colorful animals by touching or sliding anywhere on the screen in this free app designed for iPads.
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Project Core
This tool is designed to help you determine which common Universal Core vocabulary format might be a good fit for the student(s) you support. After you answer the questions, you will be directed to the format that is likely a good place to start.
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Ready Tool for Transition
The Ready Too from the National Center on Deaf-Blindness helps transition teams identify steps for the transition process to create an action plan and develop goals and objectives for the IEP and transition plans. Tools are available for four age groups.
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Rhode Island School for the Deaf
The school offers free audiological evaluations and outreach services for all children in Rhode island.
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See.Touch.Learn. (iOS)
With 4,400 pictures and 2,200 exercises developed by professionals, this free app designed for iPads shows an array of items and the child has to touch the correct one named.