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 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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ABC Flash Cards for Kids (Android)
This app features ABC's on flash cards with a letter on the front and a picture on the back and includes seven types of games that help teach the English alphabet.
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Art of Glow (Android)
In this free app, you can draw with colorful, animated glow particles on a black background. (You can change the speed; slower is best. Do not use with children who have seizures.)
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Art of Glow (iOS)
In this free app, you can draw with colorful, animated glow particles on a black background. (You can change the speed; slower is best. Do not use with children who have seizures.)
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Awesome Xylophone (iOS)
This app includes a touch-and-play xylophone. There is a small fee for this app.
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Bubbles (iOS)
Touch the screen and bubbles appear. Tap to hear them popping, see bubbles fly from your fingers and feel gravity pull your bubbles downward. There is a small fee for this app.
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Build it Up (iOS)
The goal of this free interactive stacking game app is to assemble the parts of an image correctly, one on top of the other, to create the whole image.
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Classic Nursery Rhymes Featuring Humpty Dumpty (iOS)
View the story with music, then help put Humpty Dumpty back together again by touching the screen and shaking the device in this free app.
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Color SLapPs (iOS)
Color SLapPs is a free app for iPads designed by a speech-language pathologist to help teach children to identify the names of 12 different colors. Children are asked to find a color and are rewarded with funny sounds and visuals. Users are able to choose which colors to work on within three different levels of difficulty.
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Communication Matrix
This online tool from the Communication Matrix Foundation helps families and professionals assess the communication status, progress and needs of learners with complex sensory and learning challenges.
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Cortical Vision Impairment (CVI)
This interview with Dr. Sarah Blackstone and Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy explores Cortical Vision Impairment (CVI) and communication.
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Draw with Stars! (iOS)
In this free app, you can draw with stars on a black background.
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Drawing Pad (iOS)
Draw with colorful pencils, markers, paintbrushes or crayons on this app designed for iPads. There is a fee for this app.
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Elmo Loves ABCs (Android)
Elmo has songs, videos and coloring pages about letters in this interactive app. Slide, sweep, swipe, touch, trace and dig to discover over 80 classic Sesame Street clips, 75 Sesame Street coloring pages and four different ways to play hide and seek. Touch and trace your favorite letter to unlock its surprises. There is a fee for this app.
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Elmo Loves ABCs (iOS)
Elmo has songs, videos and coloring pages about letters in this interactive app. Slide, sweep, swipe, touch, trace and dig to discover over 80 classic Sesame Street clips, 75 Sesame Street coloring pages and four different ways to play hide and seek. Touch and trace your favorite letter to unlock its surprises. There is a fee for this app.
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Elmo's Monster Maker (Android)
Make your own monster and then Elmo will dance and play with him! There is a small fee for this app.
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Helen Keller National Center for Deafblind Youths and Adults
The center provides services to youth and adults who are deafblind.
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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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Interactive Alphabet ABC Flash Cards (iOS)
Children can see, hear and trace the ABC's. Each letter is a unique interactive toy and this app is not visually cluttered. There is a small fee for this app.
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Itsy Bitsy Spider (Android)
Learn about the environment and animals while singing along to this classic children's song in this free app.