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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  • Online Resource

    Find, Choose and Keep Great DSPs

    This publication is a toolkit for people with disabilities looking for quality, caring and committed direct support professionals.

  • Online Resource

    Finding Common Ground: Working Together to Resolve Behavioral

    This Home and Community Positive Behavior Support Network newsletter discusses how to maximize collaboration to create behavior support plans that incorporate multiple perspectives and can be adapted across environments.

  • Online Resource

    Free Dental Clinics in Rhode Island

    This site allows users to find clinics in their city or town that provide free, low-cost or slicing-scale dental services.

  • Online Resource

    Friends: Connecting People with Disabilities and Community Members: A Manual for Families

    Angela Novak Amado, Ph.D., wrote this manual to help people with disabilities increase community membership and belonging, and promote relationships with community members.

  • Online Resource

    Got Transition®

    Got Transition®, the national resource center on health care transition (HCT) aims to help youth and young adults move from pediatric to adult health care.

  • Online Resource

    Governor's Workforce Board

    The Governor’s Workforce Board is Rhode Island’s primary policy-making body on workforce development matters. It helps Rhode Islanders find a job and build a career, while helping employers meet their demand for talent.

  • Form

    Guidance for Testing

    Welligent electronic record resource.

  • Form

    Guidance: Intake Processes an IFSP Review

    This document provides guidance to EI providers for streamlining intake process.

  • Form

    Guiding Questions for Caregivers and Teachers

    Use this form to gather information from multiple sources on the child's functioning. Information is arranged by the 3 child outcome areas.

  • Form

    Guiding Questions for Families

    Use this form to gather information from family members on the child's functioning within the 3 Child Outcome Areas.

  • Online Resource

    Habitat for Humanity of Greater Providence and East Bay

    Founded in 1987, this affiliate serves Providence, Pawtucket, North Providence, Central Falls, East Providence, Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Portsmouth, Middletown, Newport, Jamestown, Tiverton and Little Compton.

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    Habitat for Humanity West Bay and Northern Rhode Island

    This affiliate began 1995 in the West Bay area and expanded into the northern Rhode Island area in 2000. This affiliate serves Burrillville, Coventry, Cranston, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Lincoln, North Scituate, Smithfield, Warwick, West Greenwich, West Warwick and Woonsocket.

  • Online Resource

    Hands Land

    Hands Land is a nonprofit organization run by deaf individuals who are passionate about promoting early language development in young children and teaches teaches rhyming and rhythm using ASL.

  • Form

    Health Insurance Consent and Attestation of Income

    Use this fillable form to obtain parental consent to submit for reimbursement for covered services to the child's insurance provider. Attestation of income provides documentation, allowing for federal match funds to offset costs for EI services.

  • Online Resource

    HealthSourceRI

    The Rhode Island Department of Human Services partners with HealthSource RI to enroll individuals and families in health care and health and human service programs. Information on employer resources is also available.

  • Online Resource

    Helen Keller National Center for Deafblind Youths and Adults

    The center provides services to youth and adults who are deafblind.

  • Online Resource

    Helen Sanderson Associates - Person-Centered Thinking tools

    This site offers resources and training programs on topics such as one-page profiles, care and support planning, person-centered thinking tools and working together for change.

  • Online Resource

    Helping Our Loved Ones Prosper: Supporting Social Networking to Build Careers

    This article addresses the role parents and family members can play in helping a person with a disability create connection and build a social network for success in life.

  • Sherlock Center Publication

    Here's to Your Student's Future! A Parent's Guide to Transition Planning

    This guide helps parents who have students ages 14 to 21 with disabilities get started with transition planning to prepare for life after high school.

  • Online Resource

    Home and Community Positive Behavior Support Network (HCPBS)

    This website offers resources related to planning and implementing positive behavior support interventions. It includes manuals, workbooks, case examples and stories, planning tools and templates, and other practical materials.