Jerry . Yager
Denver Children's Advocacy Center
Jerry Yager, PsyD, has more than 30 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of neglected, abused and traumatized children. He joined the Denver Children's Advocacy Center in 2011 to pursue his passion of educating professionals who work with children about the impact of abuse and neglect on the developing brain. As director of training, Dr. Jerry leads DCAC's far-reaching initiative to provide training and consultation to the professionals who work with traumatized children in many different capacities-therapists, social workers, educators, foster/adoptive parents, law enforcement officers, investigators and victim advocates-to help them understand the often difficult behaviors of child abuse victims and learn to provide appropriate and effective interventions that ameliorate rather than exacerbate the trauma. Dr. Jerry and his training team conduct workshops and provide individual and organizational consultation throughout Colorado and nationally. Dr. Jerry is a ChildTrauma fellow with the ChildTrauma Academy, under the mentorship of Dr. Bruce Perry. In addition to supporting DCAC's therapists with consultation on challenging cases, he maintains a small clinical caseload. Before joining DCAC, Jerry was the Executive Director of the Denver Children's Home for nine years and the Director of Programs for seventeen years. He has served as president of the Colorado Association of Families and Children's Agencies (CAFCA), was a member of the Governors Child Care Licensing Advisory Committee and Colorado's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Systems Redesign Committee, and also served on the Kempe Children's Center Perpetration Prevention Study Group. Dr. Jerry is frequently called as an expert witness in cases of child abuse, and has been asked to testify many times in front of Colorado State Legislature on the treatment, education and care of children in the child welfare system. Dr. Jerry was recently nominated to join the Colorado Court Improvement Program and the states”Trauma-Informed, System of Care steering committee. He currently serves as a clinical consultant to Devereux Cleo Wallace Treatment Center, as well as several other treatment centers in the Denver Metro area. Dr. Jerry received his Doctorate in Psychology from Nova University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Colorado.
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