Dr. Jeff Sherman

Dr. Jeff Sherman was born in Toronto and was raised in both Toronto and Montreal. He started his schooling at McGill University, finishing with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. He then moved to Toronto to complete a Masters in Psychology from York University and then completed a Ph.D in Clinical psychology. It was at this time Dr. Sherman began his career as a psychologist at the autism unit at Thistle town regional centre in Toronto. Dr. Sherman developed the TRE ADD program which was one of the first comprehensive treatment programs for children with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders.
After a period of time he moved to Ottawa. Dr. Sherman has been a practicing psychologist for thirty two years. He currently resides in Ottawa where he provides a full range of services such as diagnostic assessments, supervision, consultation, treatment planning and workshops.

Over the years Dr. Sherman has achieved extensive experience from working with a variety of clinical populations including pervasive developmental disorders, oppositional disorders, anxiety disorders, ADHD, sports psychology, forensic experience, learning disabilities and depression. He is a well respected psychologist and pioneer in the field of autism.

Specific to autism, Dr. Sherman provides diagnostic assessment, consultation and supervision of intensive behavioural instruction(IBI) programmes using applied behaviour analysis approaches. He works with various teams and centres as the clinical psychologist. Dr. Sherman helped to develop the South Eastern Regional Autism Programme and served as the regional clinical supervisor for that programme. He’s the consultant and supervising psychologist for several Renfrew area services. He is also one of the clinical psychologists for a local Ottawa charity called T.I.P.E.S (Thinking in Pictures Educational Services).

Dr. Sherman has been involved in various research in the field of psychology. He has multiple publications in the area of autism. Research in prompt with Deborah Hayden was one of his original research papers. He investigated the method to teach this unique method of teaching speech.

Dr. Sherman has several years of experience as a professor at the University of Toronto, Faculties of Medicine and Education, and York University. Today he offers workshops and training Nationwide.

Dr. Sherman is a part of multiple organizations including: The Ontario Psycholgical Association, The Association for the Advancement of Behaviour Therapy and The Association for Direct Instruction.
Dr. Sherman can be reached at his office in Westboro or at T.I.P.E.S.
Picton dr. Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 6X3 613-728-4848 or TIPES 160 Unit B Terence Mathews.Kanata, Ontario 613-592-8800

Programs offered in collaboration with TIPES:

Tutoring

Chronic failure can challenge the self worth of even the most initially resilient child. Early detection, intervention, and modification are critical in repairing self-esteem and the motivation to engage willingly in school, and to reverse the effects created by daily exposure to the result of failure to learn basic skills in reading, writing, spelling, math and organization. TIPES uses educational methodologies that have been shown to be amongst the most successful means of teaching basic academic skills to children who have experienced learning difficulties. TIPES has the capabilities to properly assess the causes of learning disabilities, implement programmes of strategic instruction through tutoring and home schooling, to implement effective programmes of skill acquisition and to communicate the results of instruction to schools.

Defiant Child Training

One of the most frequently reported problems of child development is oppositional behaviour. Although there are typical ages when opposition to adult authority is typical, the defiance of some children is a challenge to their future well-being. Dysfunctional oppositional behaviour can lead to problems within the family, at school and in the community. Defiant children present clear risks to their own future adjustment. Defiant behaviour leaves in its wake depression, problems with the law, school failure and many other significant difficulties. TIPES offers parents a research-based, systematic programme for the strategic management of oppositional behaviour. Children learn to cooperate with their parents and teachers and meet functional, prosocial goals.

ADD/ADHD Coaching

ADHD affects the day to day functioning of people in many ways. Although individuals with ADHD most often know what they should do to be successful, they lack the ability to plan and execute their knowledge. TIPES offers help in the form of coaching:

-Teaching how to establish goals
-Teaching how to initiate and maintain action plans designed to meet the goals
-Practicing patterns of adaptive behaviour
-Teaching self-help strategies necessary to achieve the predetermined goals
Coaching is recognized as an effective means of helping people with ADHD to meet the potential that is often recognized but frequently not achieved.