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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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  • Sherlock Center Publication

    Person-Centered Thinking Guide

    This guide is the basis of the 18-hour training that assists any interested person who has real-life experience with adolescents and/or adults who have developmental disabilities to become a better facilitator and advisor.

  • Form

    Perspectives Corporation Early Intervention Referral Form

    Use this form to make a referral to Perspectives Corporation Early Intervention program.

  • Online Resource

    Philia: A Dialogue on Caring Citizenship

    The Philia Dialogue on Caring Citizenship was founded on the simple belief that the health, well-being and strength of our society requires the presence and participation of all citizens.

  • Form

    Physician Authorization for Services

    Welligent electronic record resource.

  • Form

    Place of Service (screenshot)

    Welligent electronic record resource.

  • Online Resource

    PLAN RI

    PLAN RI helps families develop a personalized plan for future of their relative with a disability, including safety, living arrangements, supported decision-making and more, and establishes and maintains a personal network in the life of the member with a disability.

  • Online Resource

    Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network

    This family-led charitable organization is dedicated to building inclusive communities for all. It was founded in 1989 by parents who wanted to ensure their children could live a good life and contribute to their communities.

  • Form

    Policy Update – Early Intervention in Everyday Routines, Activities and Places

    Provider guidance for natural environments justification.

  • Online Resource

    Prepare RI

    This partnership between state government, private industry leaders, the public education system, universities and nonprofits across the state prepares all Rhode Island youth with the skills they need for jobs that pay.

  • Online Resource

    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.

  • Form

    Prior Written Notice and Consent for Multidisciplinary Evaluation / Assessment and Eligibility / IFSP Meeting

    Use this form to give parents prior notice and to obtain consent for their child to be evaluated for EI eligibility.

  • Online Resource

    Pro-Train Dog Training

    Pro-Train accepts qualified applicants for service dog training from throughout the United States.

  • Form

    Procedures and FAQs for DCYF Referrals

    This document provides information on the procedures and FAQs for DCYF Referrals.

  • Form

    Process for Children Referred to Early Intervention (within 45 days of age 3)

    Referral process for children referred within 45 days of age 3.

  • Online Resource

    Project Aspiro

    This career planning and employment resource is for people who are blind or partially sighted.

  • Online Resource

    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.

  • Online Resource

    Promoting Self-Regulation in the First Five Years: A Practice Brief

    Early childhood is a period of rapid brain development that paves the way for growth of self-regulation skills. Promoting self-regulation capacity in the first five years of life can help children develop critical skills like attentional control, problem-solving and coping strategies for managing distressing environmental or emotional experiences. This brief is designed for early childhood leaders.

  • Sherlock Center Publication

    Raising the Self-Determined Child

    This resource provides tips for parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities to foster self-determination. Topics include choice making, goal setting, decision making and problem solving.

  • Sherlock Center Publication

    Raising the Self-Determined Child: Family Workbook

    This workbook will help parents teach self-determination skills to their children and help them learn to set their own goals.

  • Online Resource

    Ready Tool for Transition

    The Ready Tool from the National Center on Deafblindness 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.