Alice S. Carter

Alice S. Carter is an American clinical psychologist and professor known for her research in the early identification of psychopathology and neurodevelopmental disorders in young children. She is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she previously served as the director of the graduate program in clinical psychology.

Education Carter received her B.S. degree from Cornell University, where she majored in human development and family studies. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Houston. Following her doctoral studies, she completed a pre-doctoral clinical internship and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center. She also evaluates interventions that reduce parenting stress and enhance child competencies, and studies the reciprocal relations between child development and family functioning. She has received continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to study early-emerging psychopathology and from Autism Speaks for a trial of a parent-mediated intervention for toddlers with ASD. Carter also contributes to research on young children with ASD as part of the Boston University Studies To Advance Autism Research (STAART).

A former fellow of Zero to Three, Carter has authored or co-authored over 200 articles and chapters. She co-edited the Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment and two assessments, the Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) and the Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA). Carter has conducted trainings on infant mental health and early detection of ASD.