Craig LeCroy

2015-Present
Craig LeCroy is professor of Social Work at Arizona State University where he has taught for over 20 years. He also holds an appointment at the University of Arizona in the John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Studies and Human Development division, and a Clinical Professor appointment at the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; the Zellerbach Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley; and a senior Fulbright specialist.Professor LeCroy has published 11 books, including such titles as Parenting Mentally Ill Children: Faith, Hope, Support, and Surviving the System; Handbook of Evidence-Based Treatment Manuals for Children and Adolescents; The Call to Social Work: Life Stories; Case Studies in Social Work Practice; and Empowering Adolescent Girls: Examining the Present and Building Skills for the Future with the “Go Girls” Program.Professor LeCroy has also published over 100 articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics, including child and adolescent treatment, the social work profession, home visitation, and research methodology. He is the recipient of numerous grants, including (as principal investigator or co-principal investigator) interventions for risk reduction and avoidance in youth (NIH), Go Grrrls Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, evaluation of Healthy Families (a child abuse prevention program), a mental health training grant for improving service delivery to severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents (NIMH), and Youth Plus: Positive Socialization for Youth (CSAP).