Jerry Moe, MA

Jerry Moe, MA, is Vice President, National Director of Children’s Programs at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, and Denver, Colorado. An Advisory Board Member of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, he is internationally known as an author, lecturer, and trainer on issues for young children from addicted families. Jerry received the 2005 America Honors Recovery Award from the Johnson Institute, the 2000 Ackerman/Black Award from NACoA for his outstanding work on behalf of children of alcoholics, and in 1993 he was awarded the Marty Mann Award for outstanding communication in the alcoholism and addiction field. He is featured in the documentary Lost Childhood: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family, currently showing on PBS stations across the United States. Jerry’s books include: Kids’ Power: Healing Games for Children of Alcoholics; Conducting Support Groups for Elementary Children; Discovery… Finding the Buried Treasure; Kids’ Power Too: Words to Grow By; The Children’s Place… At the Heart of Recovery, the Beamer Series for Kids, and Understanding Addiction and Recovery Through a Child’s Eyes.