Biography

Jerry Yager, Psy.D.

Jerry Yager, Psy.D. is a ChildTrauma Fellow as well as the Executive Director of the Denver Children’s Home.  Dr. Yager came to the Home as Director of the Residential Treatment Program and currently serves as the Executive Director.  Dr. Yager received his Doctorate in Clinical Child Psychology from Nova University. 

 Dr. Yager has over 20 years of working experience in the treatment of neglected, abused and traumatized children and their families as well as risk management, childhood trauma, and assessment and treatment in a developmental-contextual framework.

Dr. Yager also serves as a Clinical Consultant at the Denver Children’s Advocacy Center and a Consultant and Trainer for Jefferson County Public School’s.  Dr. Yager lectures on the developmental consequences of maltreatment on children and adolescents for Kempe Children’s Center where he has served on their Perpetration Prevention study group since 1986.  He has co-authored a chapter on the “Discovery Process” in the treatment of abused children in the book The Web of Meaning, Gail Ryan and associates (1999 Safer Society Press), and currently serves as Vice President of the board for the Colorado Association of Families and Children’s Agencies (CAFCA).