Kelly D. Carrasco completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of
Texas at Austin. She received her Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy in
School Psychology at the University of Florida. After finishing her degrees, Kelly
completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Graduate University in Okinawa, Japan, working in the Children's Research Center conducting
research on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). After leaving Japan,
Kelly became a Lecturer in Educational Psychology at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University
of Wellington in New Zealand, and she was the Programme Director for the Postgraduate
Diploma in Educational Psychology Practice.
In August 2023, Kelly joined Fresno State as an Assistant Professor in School Psychology.
She is a licensed psychologist (Hawaii), credentialed as a Health Service Psychologist
(NR), and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).
Learn more about the Carrasco Lab here.
ADHD
Executive functioning
Language development and acquisition
Biological basis of neurodevelopmental disorders
Technology and virtual reality use in psychological assessment
School psychology training and practice
International school psychology
Sainsbury, W. J., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Carrasco, K. D., & Waddington, H. (2024). Parent-reported areas of greatest challenge for their ADHD
and/or autistic children. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-024-00417-x.
Sainsbury, W. J., Bowden, C., Carrasco, K. D., Whitehouse, A. J. O., & Waddington, H. (2023). Parent experiences of their children’s
diagnosis with autism, ADHD, or both conditions. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2023.2166197.
Carrasco, A. & Carrasco, K. D. (2022). The use of neuronal response signals as early biomarkers of dyslexia. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 6. 389-396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-022-00297-z.
Furukawa, E., Alsop, B., Alves, H., Vorderstrasse, V., Carrasco, K. D., Chuang, C., & Tripp, G. (2022). Disrupted waiting behavior in ADHD: Impact of reward
availability and predictive cues. Child Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2022.2068518.
Taylor, M. R., Carrasco, K., Carrasco, A., & Basu, A. (2022). Tobacco and ADHD: A role of MAO-inhibition in nicotine
dependence and alleviation of ADHD symptoms. Frontiers in Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.845646.
Sainsbury, W., Carrasco, K., Whitehouse, A. J. O., & Waddington, H. (2022). Parent-reported early atypical development
and age of diagnosis for children with co-occurring autism and ADHD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05488-0.
Sainsbury, W., Carrasco, K., Whitehouse, A. J. O., McNeil, L., & Waddington, H. (2022). Age of diagnosis for
co-occurring autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review.
Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-022-00309-7.
Carrasco, K. D., Chuang, C., & Tripp, G. (2021). Shared predictors of academic achievement in children
with ADHD: A multi-sample study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 26(4), 573–586. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547211012039.
Taylor, M. R., Chuang, C., Carrasco, K. D., Nagatomo, S., & Rucklidge, J. J. (2018). Dietary and micronutrient treatments for
children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 5(4). 243-252.