Faculty

Christina Reuterskiold

Associate Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Christina Reuterskiold

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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.  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 NYU, Dr. Reuterskiöld held positions as clinical supervisor, professor, and researcher in the Department of Logopedics and Phoniatrics at Lund University in Sweden, where students from NYU attend a study abroad program.

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Degrees Held

  • B.Sc. Stockholm University College of Physical Education and Sports
  • B.Sc. Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology (Speech Pathology), Lund University
  • M.Sc. Speech Pathology, Boston University
  • M.Sc. (Swedish degree) Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Lund University
  • Dr. Med. Sc. (Ph.D.) Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Lund University

Awards

  • 1999 : Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Lund University
  • 1998 : Best Teacher Award, Lund University (nominated)
  • 1987 : International Scholars Award, Boston University
  • 1987 : Scandianvian-American Foundation
  • 1986 : Fulbright Award
  • 2004 : Phonological Short-Term Memory and Word learning in Children with Specific Language Impairment. Steinhardt Challenge Fund Award
  • 2000 : In Pursuit of the Words - Working Memory and Word Learning in children with Hearing Impairment and Children with Specific Language Impairment.The Swedish Tercentenary Bank ( co-investigator)
  • 2005 : Computerized Analysis of Language Transcripts. New York University Curricular Challenge Grant
  • 2008 : Once Upon a Time. The development of narrative skills in children with communication disorders. An intervention study. Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research. (co-investigator)

Selected Publications

  • Reuterskiöld, C. 1991. Emotionality in auditory comprehension in aphasia. Cortex, 27, 595-604.
  • Sahlén, B., Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. & Wigforss, E. 1996.Language preschool children six years later. A follow-up study from language preschool to grade 4 and 5. Scandinavian Journal of Logopedics, Phoniatrics & Vocology. 21: 75-83.
  • Sahlén, B., Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C., Nettelbladt, U. and Radeborg, K. Non-word repetition in children with language impairment: Pitfalls and possibilities. 1999. In International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, vol, 34, no 3, 337-352.
  • Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C., Nettelbladt, U. Sahlén, B.& Nilholm, C. 2000. Conversation Versus Narration in Preschool Children With Language Impairment. In International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, vol 35, 337-352.
  • Reuterskiöld -Wagner, C., Sahlén, B. & Nettelbladt, U. What's The Story? Narration and comprehension in Swedish preschool children with language impairment.1999. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, vol 15, no 2, 83-93.
  • Sahlén, B.& Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. 1999. Jumping to conclusions: Children with LI need a theory of mind to comprehend idioms. Journal of Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 24:2, 1401-5439.
  • Sahlén, B., Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C., Nettelbladt, U. & Radeborg, K. 1999. Language comprehension and nonword repetition in children with language impairment. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 13, (5), 369-380.
  • Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. 1999. Language Processing and Contextual Influence. A study of Swedish Preschool Children With Language Impairment. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
  • Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C., Sahlén, B. & Radeborg, R. 2000. Speed and Context. The effect of a sentence prime on naming speed in children with language impairment. In International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, vol.14, no.5, 369-385.
  • Sahlén, B., Radeborg, K., Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C., Friberg, C. & Rydahl, L. 2000. Presentation of a computer based method for the assessment of naming speed in preschool children. In Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, vol 25 no. 3, 115-121.
  • Reuterskiold-Wagner, C., Nettelbladt, U. & Sahlen, B. 2001. Giving the Crucial Information. Performance on a referential communication task in Swedish children with language impairment. In International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, vol 36, no 4, 433-445.
  • Nettelbladt, U. and Reuterskiold-Wagner, C. 2003; 2010. När Samspelet Inte Fungerar - Pragmatisk Språkstörning (When Interaction Does Not Work - Pragmatic Language Impairment). In Bjar, L. and Liberg, C. (Eds.) Barn utvecklar sitt språk. (Children develop their language.) 173-193. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
  • Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. and Nettelbladt, U. 2005. Tor. A Case Study of a Boy With Autism Between the Age of Three and Eight. Child Language Teaching and Therapy 21, 123-145.
  • Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C., Sahlén, B. & Nyman, A. 2005. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 34, 337-352. Non-word repetition and non-word discrimination in Swedish preschool children.
  • Sahlén, B., Hansson, K. Ibertsson, T. & Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. 2005. A comparative study on reading in primary school age children with hearing impairment and children with specific language impairment. Acta Neuropsychologia, 1, 393-407
  • Magnusson, E. Nauclér K., and Reuterskiöld-Wagner, C. Språk, läsning och lärande. Skolbarn med språkstörning. (Language, Reading and Learning) In (2008;2010) L. Hartelius, U. Nettelbladt och B. Hammarberg (Eds.) Handbok i Logopedi. (Handbook in Logopedics.) Lund: Studentlitteratur.
  • Samuelsson, C., Reuterskiöld, C., Nettelbladt, U., & Sahlen, B. Production and Perception of Metrical Patterns in Swedish Children with Language Impairment. In press in Logopedics Phoniatrics & Vocology.
  • Reuterskiöld, C., Ibertsson, T. and Sahlén, B. 2010. Venturing beyond the sentence level. Narrative skills in Swedish children with hearing impairment.The Volta Review. Vol 110(3), 389–406.
  • Reuterskiöld, C., Hansson, K. & Sahlen, B. Narrative Skills in Swedish Children with Language Impairment: Content and Cohesion. In review in Journal of Communication Disorders.
  • Reuterskiöld, C., Hansson, K. & Sahlen, B. Language Impairment at age 5. Narrative and literacy skills at age 10. Submitted for publication.
  • Reuterskiöld, C., Grigos, M.I. Non-word repetition and speech motor control in children. Submitted for publication.
  • Reuterskiöld, C. & Sidtis, D. Incidental Learning of Idioms in Children. Submitted for publication.

Courses

  • CSCD-UE 1601 - Language Development in the Preschool Years
  • CSCD-GE 2039 - Language Disorders in Children
  • CSCD-UE 1207 - Introduction to Language Disorders in Children
  • Reading and Writing in Children with Speech and Language Disorders
  • CSCD-GE 3400 - Doctoral Seminar
  • CSCD-GE 2030 - Language and Communication in children with ASD
  • CSCD-GE 2114 - Computerized Analysis of Language Transcripts
  • CSCD-GE 2109 - Critical Evaluation of Research

Research Interests

  • The relationship between oral and written language
  • Working memory and language skills in children
  • Childrens' narrative skills
  • Contextual effects on language processing in children

Selected Presentations

  • 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, Sweden. 1997.
  • Oral Language Skills in Swedish Children with Reading and Writing Disabilities.
    4th Nordic Congress for Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Oslo, Norway. 1997.
  • Pragmatic Issues in Language Impairment.
    Invited lecturer at the Teacher's College of Odense, Denmark. 1998
  • Comprehension of Figurative Language and Theory of Mind in Swedish Children with Language Impairments.
    18th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. 1998.(Poster)
  • Non-word repetition, output phonology and lexical stress.
    19th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. 1998. (Poster)
  • Jumping to Conclusions. Children with Language Impairments need a Theory of Mind to Comprehend Idioms
    The 'Third International Symposium on Speech and Language Impairments' Univ. of York, 1999. (Poster)
  • Pragmatic Issues in Language Impairment.
    Invited lecturer at the Teacher's College of Haderslev, Denmark. 2000.
  • Language Processing and Contextual Influence.
    Invited lecturer at the yearly meeting of the Danish Association of Logopedics and Audiology, Copenhagen. 2001.
  • 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. 2002.
  • 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. 2004.(Poster)
  • Problem Based Learning in Speech-Language Pathology Education.
    Yearly Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Philadelphia. 2004.(Poster)
  • 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
  • Non-word repetition and non-word discrimination in Swedish preschool children
    Steinhardt School of Education Research Seminar for junior faculty. 2004;2005
  • 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
  • Microstructure analysis of narratives in Swedish-speaking children with SLI: A longitudinal study.
    Yearly Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Boston, 2007
  • Input-output. The relationship between working memory and speech-motor control
    Yearly Speech-Motor conference, California, March (co-investigator, Grigos) 2008
  • Phonological Memory and Speech Motor Control in Children
    29th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Poster) 2008
  • 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
  • Context, relevance and the future.
    Invited presentation at the Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Conn. 2009
  • Developmental changes in cognitive processing, phonological complexity and articulator movement.
    Yearly Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), New Orleans* (poster)(with Grigos) 2009
  • Incidental learning of formulaic language in children.
    Yearly Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), New Orleans (poster) 2009
  • The C/F/U analysis and the SALT Program: A Happy Marriage?
    Yearly Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Philadelphia (poster) 2010

Professional Organizations

The American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)

The Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology