Education

Biography

Dr. Christina Reuterskiöld's research focuses on developmental language disorders in children. Her main interest is the influence of non-linguistic and linguistic context on language processing and production and her studies have included children with language disorders, children with autism and children with hearing impairment. Dr. Reuterskiöld is certified as a Speech Language Pathologist by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Swedish Board of Social Care. Prior to joining New York University, Dr. Reuterskiöld was active in the Department of Logopedics and Phoniatrics at Lund University in Sweden, where students from NYU attend a study abroad program. She holds a Ph.D in Medical Science with a concentration in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from Lund University, and a MS from Boston University.

Research Interest

Language and  literacy disorders in children.

Scientific Activities:

Positions and Honors

Publications

1. Nettelbladt, U. and Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C. 2000. Language comprehension and interaction in children with language impairment. Paper presented at 7th International Pragmatics Conference, Budapest,Hungary, 9-14 July.
2. Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. 2000. Språkstörning i förskoleåldern. (Language impairment in preschool children.) In Incitament, 4, 158-160.
3. Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C., Nettelbladt, U., Sahlén, B. och Nilholm, C. En jämförelse mellan förmågan att berätta och att delta i samtal hos barn med språkstörning, 1997. I Per Linell (utg) Rapport från ASLA: s höstsymposium, Linköping, nov. 1997. (A comparison between the ability to tell a story and to participate in a conversation in children with language impairment. 1997. Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C., Nettelbladt, U., Sahlén, B. och Nilholm, C. In Linell, P. (ed.) Proceedings from ASLA’s (Association Suedoise de Linguistique Appliqué) fall symposium, Linköping, Sweden.
4. Sahlén, B., Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C. & Nettelbladt, U. 1998. Phonological memory and language comprehension in children with language impairment. In ‘Language and the Brain’. Proceedings from the 4: th Nordic Congress on Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Sept. 18-21 1997 in Oslo, Norway.
5. Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C. 1998. Språkförståelse och språkproduktion hos svenska barn med läs- och skrivsvårigheter. I ‘Språk och hjärna’, föredrag vid 4:e Nordiska Kongressen för Logopedi & Foniatri 18-21 september 1997 i Oslo. (Language comprehension and language production in Swedish children with reading and writing disorders. In ‘Language and the Brain’. Proceedings from the 4:th Nordic Congress on Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Sept. 18-21 1997 in Oslo, Norway.)
6. Sahlén,B.; Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. & Wigforss, E. 1994. Reading and writing in children with severe developmental language disorder - A study of nine preschool children with language impairment in grade 4 and 5. Working Papers in Logopedics and Phoniatrics, No 9. Lund University.

Presentations and Lectures

1. Hallin, A.E. & Reuterskiöld C. Effekt av ordfrekvens på grammatisk bearbetning och medvetenhet hossvenskspråkiga skolbarn med och utan språkstörning* (Word frequency effects on grammatical processing and awareness in Swedish-speaking school-age children with and without language impairment). Oral presentation. National Conference in Logopedics. Jönköping, Sweden. 2016
2. Rhyme awareness in children with cochlear implants* The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Philadelphia (with Jing- doc student, Vermeire & Mangino)* 2016
3. Semantic Influence on Spelling Performance in Typically Developing Children* The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Philadelphia (with Addis, doc student) 2016
4. Statistical Properties of Language & Word Learning in Children With Autism The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)  in Philadelphia (with Fishman & Hadden, doc student)* 2016
5. The impact of content and word frequency on dual processing skills in children*  The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Denver (with Hadden, doc student)2016
6. The impact of content and word frequency on dual processing skills in children*The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)  in Denver (with Hadden, doc student) 2015
7. The impact of lexical frequency and error type on grammatical error correction in school-age Children.* The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Denver (with Hallin, doc student)2015
8. The impact of word frequency on grammatical error detection in Swedish-speaking school-age children with and without language impairment* Hallin (doc student) & Reuterskiöld. Poster presentation (by Hallin) at the 36th annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders.Madison, WI *2015   
9. Narrative Skills in Children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Coss-Syndrome and Cross-Linguistic Comparison*, Van Den Heuvel, Reuterskiöld, Solot, McDonald-McGinn, Jackson, Manders, Sqillen, & Zink. Poster presentation at the Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotypes (SSBP) 17th International Research Symposium, NYU College of Dentistry, New York, 2014
10. Coding Pragmatics: Linking Language Use to Content and Form* Invited Panel presentation in Symposium during the 13th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Amsterdam (with doc student Hallin, A.E.) 2014
11. Intentional communication. Formulating goals for child language intervention beyond language form* (with doc student Hallin, A.E.)The 13th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Stockholm 2014
12. The Accent Method of Voice Therapy* Oral presentation at the Annual ASHA Convention in Chicago2013
13. Task-effects and Speech Disruptions in Autism* (with Hallin, doc student) International Workshop on Language, New York University2012
14. Task-effects and Speech Disruptions in Autism* (with Hallin, doc student) 2012
15.  The 33rd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
16. Coding Form Content and Use of Language with the Salt program* (with Hallin) The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Atlanta (with Hallin) 2012
17. The Accent Method of Voice Therapy The 1st NYU International Voice Symposium 2012  
18. Language & Context in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders* The Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in San Diego (with Hallin) 2011
19. The SALT program and the Form/Content/Use model. A Happy Marriage.* Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) in Philadelphia. Presented together with two students. 2010
20. Incidental Learning of Idioms* Presentation accepted for the Interdisciplinary Conference on Formulaic Language at the University of Paderborn, Germany Reuterskiöld & Sidtis.  (Presented by D.  Sidtis.) 2010
21. Developmental changes in cognitive processing, phonological complexity and articulator movement. Linnaeus program seminar lecture, School of Med, Lund University 2009
22. Incidental learning of formulaic language in children.*(with Willims, former student, & Sidtis) Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), New Orleans* (poster) 2009
23. Developmental changes in cognitive processing, phonological complexity and articulator movement. (with Grigos)Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA),New Orleans* (poster) 2009
24. Context, relevance and the future Invited presentation at the Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Conn. 2009
25. The relationship between phonological and lexical skills at 5 and grammatical skills at 10 in children with language impairment*XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL): University of Edinburgh, UK 2008
26. Phonological Memory and Speech Motor Control in Children* 29th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Poster) 2008
27. Input-output. The relationship between working memory and speech-motor control*. Annual Speech-Motor conference, California, March (presented by Grigos) 2008
28. Microstructure analysis of narratives in Swedish-speaking children with SLI: A longitudinal study.* Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Boston 2007
29. Preschool language skills and academic success in school. A study of children with language impairment at age 5 and 10.* The ‘AFASIC Third International Symposium on Speech and Language Impairments’ Univ. of Warwick, UK (Poster) 2007 Non-word repetition and non-word discrimination in Swedish preschool children . Steinhardt School of Education Research Seminar for junior faculty. 2004; 2005
30. Metrical Analysis of Speech Production by Swedish Children with Language Impairment.* 26th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Poster) 2005
31. Problem Based Learning in Speech-Language Pathology Education* Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Philadelphia 2004
32. Venturing beyond the sentence level. Narrative skills in Swedish children with hearing impairment and children with specific language impairment*. 25th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Poster) 2004
33. Language Processing and Contextual Influence Invited lecturer to the yearly meeting of the Danish Association of Logopedics and Audiology 2002
34. Non-word Repetition or Non-word discrimination? Phonological Processing in Swedish Preschool Children* 23th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison 2001
35. Pragmatic Issues in Language Impairment Invited lecture at the Teacher's College of Haderslev, Denmark 2000
36. Jumping to Conclusions. Children with Language Impairments need a Theory of Mind to Comprehend Idioms*The ‘AFASIC Third International Symposium on Speech and Language Impairments’ Univ. of York (Poster) 1999
37. Non-word repetition, output phonology and lexical stress* 19th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Poster) 1998
38. Comprehension of Figurative Language and Theory of Mind in Swedish Children with Language Impairments* 19th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Poster) 1998
39. Pragmatic issues in Language Impairment Invited lecturer at the Teacher’s College of Odense, Denmark 1998
40. Oral Language Skills in Swedish Children with Reading and Writing Disabilities 4th Nordic Congress for Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Oslo, Norway 1997
41. A comparison between the ability to tell a story and to participate in a conversation in children with language impairment ASLA’s (Swedish Association for Applied Linguistics) fall symposium, Linköping University, Sweden 1997