Dr. Sharry Shakory

Biography

Sharry completed her PhD in the School & Clinical Child Psychology (SCCP) program. She received her MA in the SCCP program in 2017. Sharry’s current research is focused on the early identification of French immersion children at-risk for reading difficulties in French and English, as well as the relation between reading difficulties and social-emotional functioning. Her clinical training has focused on comprehensive psychological assessment of cognitive, academic, and socioemotional functioning and evidence-based interventions (primarily CBT and DBT). Clinical populations of interest include children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, complex trauma, high-risk behaviors, and psychosomatic presentations.