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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Home Modifications Guide
This Rhode Island Department of Human Services Office of Rehabilitation Services publications has information on home modifications that allow person to work.
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Household Organization
This Home and Community Positive Behavior Support Network newsletter explains how, by organizing our surroundings so they work for everyone who lives and works there, we can minimize problems and create more positive, productive behavior.
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Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program
The Rhode Island Section 8 housing program, also called the Housing Choice Voucher Program, was established to provide aid to those who are having trouble obtaining or paying for adequate housing in their county. The local housing authority, along with HUD, offers several programs to assist low income applicants to secure decent and safe housing for their families.
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How to Increase Student Success: Self-Determination Instruction
This site provides extensive resources on self-determination, including Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction and Self-Determination Career Development Model.
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How to Increase Student Success: Self-Determination Instruction
The National Gateway to Self-Determination website contains articles, videos and other materials for families to learn about and promote self-determination with their children.
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I Like Books - 37 Picture Books for Kids (iOS)
The “I Like” interactive picture books help children learn about the world around them. Click on items to discover new words and learn to read by seeing each word in red as the audio plays. There is a small fee for this app.
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I Love Fireworks (iOS)
This free app designed for iPads combines the lights and sounds of fireworks when the screen is touched.
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I'm Determined
The I’m Determined project, a state-directed project funded by the Virginia Department of Education focused on self-direction, helps youth, especially those with disabilities, to have control in their lives, helping to set and steer the course.
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ICI Community Life Engagement Toolkit
This toolkit helps service providers develop and improve high quality supports for community life engagement (CLE). In the toolkit, you will find guideposts for success, a self-assessment tool, real-world examples of service providers making CLE happen, and other helpful resources and tools.
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IDEA Early Intervention Program For Infants And Toddlers With Disabilities
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. Infants and toddlers, birth through age 2, with disabilities and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C.
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Imagine: Finding New Stories for People Who Experience Disability
This site features articles and videos by David Pitonyak on such topics as importance of belonging, positive behavior supports and person-centered planning, many in Spanish.
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IN-SIGHT
Founded in 1925 as the Rhode Island Association for the Blind, IN-SIGHT’s mission is to inspire confidence and build skills that help people who are visually impaired and blind to thrive and succeed. It serves more than 1,000 Rhode Islanders from toddlers to elderly adults who live with limited to no vision.
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Inclusion Press: John O’Brien and Connie Lyle O’Brien
This site features books, articles and videos on community inclusion, self-determination and person-centered planning by John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien.
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Indeed
Indeed gives job seekers free access to search for jobs, post resumes and research companies.
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Individual Support Plan Checklist for Service Coordinators and Personal Agents
This checklist helps guide support staff through the Individual Support Plan process and provides a place to indicate accommodations individuals need so they can be involved as possible in planning, as well as space to indicate who the person wants involved in planning.
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INSIGHT
INSIGHT offers a variety of programs and services to anyone who is blind or visually impaired.
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Institute for Child Health Policy
The Institute for Child Health Policy brings together multidisciplinary faculty from the University of Florida to conduct innovative and rigorous science to promote the health of children, adolescents and young adults, particularly factors that contribute to disparities in health and health care outcomes for underserved children and youth.
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Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)
The Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston supports the rights of children and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of society. Its areas of emphasis are employment, education, community life and health care.
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Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care
The Institute advances the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care and seeks to integrate these concepts into all aspects of health care.
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Institute on Community Integration
Located at the University of Minnesota, the Institute pushes the edge of inclusion through an intensive focus on policies and practices that affect children, youth and adults with disabilities and those receiving educational supports. Its collaborative research, training and information-sharing ensure that people with disabilities are valued by, included in and contribute to their communities of choice throughout their lifetime.