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Email:

cristina.caselli@istc.cnr.it

Telephone:

+ 39 06 44161516

Fax:

+ 39 06 44161513

Address:

Via Nomentana 56 - 00161 Rome - Italy

Resume:

cv_caselli_2016.pdf

Group membership:

Language and Communication Across Modalities Laboratory

Additional details

Profile

Position:

Associate Researcher

Position:

Research Director

Keywords:

Language and communication development; early bilingualism; language delay. developmental disorders; language and cognition;

Short profile:

Her research focuses on early language development and the relationship between communication and non-verbal cognition, in typical and atypical populations (i.e. deaf children, children with Down syndrome, children with Specific Language Impairment). Special attention is devoted to the analysis of similarities and differences in the acquisition of spoken and signed language. Recently she has started to analyze the effect of cochlear implantation on vocal language skills of deaf children, taking into account the role of neural plasticity and of previous auditory experiences and linguistic (spoken or spoken & signed) experiences. Maria Cristina is the Italian referent of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories, an instrument developed in more than 60 different languages and widely used for the assessment of young children’s emerging language and communication skills, as well as for the early identification of children at risk for language and communication delay and/or disorder. She has established profitable collaborations with colleagues from national and international Universities, Research Centers and with child neuropsychiatric, psychologists and rehabilitation therapists. She is the author or co-author of several books, instruments for the assessment of language development and disorders, and national and international publications in various fields: psycholinguistics, developmental psychology, and neuropsychology.

Tags:

Language and communication development; early bilingualism; language delay. developmental disorders; language and cognition

Publications

Articolo

2011

PRETERM BIRTH: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES AND ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS

Sansavini, Alessandra, Guarini, Annalisa, Caselli, Maria Cristina

Source: Developmental disabilities research reviews 17 (2011): 102–113. doi:10.1002/ddrr.1105, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sansavini, Alessandra; Guarini, Annalisa; Caselli, Maria Cristina/titolo:PRETERM BIRTH: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES AND ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS/doi:10.1002/ddrr.1105/rivista:Developmental disabilities research reviews/an

2010

Developmental evaluation at age 4: Validity of an Italian parental questionnaire

DallOglio A.M., Rossiello, B., Coletti, M.P., Caselli, M.C., Ravà, L., Di Ciommo, V. Orzalesi, M., Giannantoni, P., Pasqualetti

Source: Journal of paediatrics and child health (Print) 46/7 (2010): 419–426., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:DallOglio A.M., Rossiello, B., Coletti, M.P., Caselli, M.C., Ravà, L., Di Ciommo, V. Orzalesi, M., Giannantoni, P., Pasqualetti, P./titolo:Developmental evaluation at age 4: Validity of an Italian parental questionnaire/doi:/ri

Do healthy preterm children need neuropsychological follow-up? Preschool outcomes compared to full-term peers

Dall'Oglio, A.M., Rossiello, B., Coletti, M.P., Bultrini, M., De Marchis, C., Ravà, L., Caselli, M.C., Cuttini, M.

Source: Developmental medicine and child neurology (Print) 52 (2010): 955–961. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03730.x, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Dall'Oglio, A.M.; Rossiello, B.; Coletti, M.P.; Bultrini, M.; De Marchis, C.; Ravà, L.; Caselli, M.C.; Cuttini, M./titolo:Do healthy preterm children need neuropsychological follow-up? Preschool outcomes compared to full-term pe

Early development of gestures, actions, word comprehension and word production and their relationships in Italian infants: a longitudinal study

Sansavini, A., Bello, Guarini, Savini, S., Stefanini, Caselli, M.C.

Source: 10/1 (2010): 52–85., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Sansavini, A., Bello, A., Guarini, A., Savini, S., Stefanini, S., Caselli, M.C./titolo:Early development of gestures, actions, word comprehension and word production and their relationships in Italian infants: a longitudinal stu

I bambini con sindrome di Down: gesti per pensare o gesti per parlare?

Stefanini, S., Caselli, M.C., Volterra, V.

Source: X/3 (2010): 59–74., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Stefanini, S., Caselli, M.C., Volterra, V./titolo:I bambini con sindrome di Down: gesti per pensare o gesti per parlare?/doi:/rivista:/anno:2010/pagina_da:59/pagina_a:74/intervallo_pagine:59–74/volume:X/3

Lo sviluppo lessicale di una bambina con sindrome di Down: parole e segni

Caselli, M.C., Lucioli, T., Recchia, M.

Source: X/1-2 (2010): 27–41., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Caselli, M.C., Lucioli, T., Recchia, M./titolo:Lo sviluppo lessicale di una bambina con sindrome di Down: parole e segni/doi:/rivista:/anno:2010/pagina_da:27/pagina_a:41/intervallo_pagine:27–41/volume:X/1-2

2009

Co-speech gestures in a naming task: developmental data

Stefanini, S., Bello, A., Iverson, J.M., Caselli, M.C., Volterra, V.

Source: Language and cognitive processes 24 (2009): 168–189. doi:10.1080/01690960802187755, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Stefanini, S.; Bello, A.; Iverson, J.M., Caselli, M.C.; Volterra, V./titolo:Co-speech gestures in a naming task: developmental data/doi:10.1080/01690960802187755/rivista:Language and cognitive processes/anno:2009/pagina_da:168/p

Contributo in volume

2011

Crescere bambini bilingui

Onofrio, Daniela, Pettenati, Paola, Rinaldi, Pasquale, Caselli, Maria Cristina

Source: Percorsi migranti, edited by G. C. Bruno, I. Caruso, M. Sanna, I. Vellecco, pp. 287–300. Milano: Mc Graw-Hill, 2011

Naming with gestures in children with typical development and with Down syndrome.

Stefanini, Silvia, Caselli, Maria Cristina, Volterra, Virginia

Source: Primate Communication and Human Language Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans, edited by A.Vilain, J.L. Schwartz, C. Abry, J. Vauclair, pp. 155–172. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011

2010

Gestualità co-verbale nello sviluppo tipico e atipico

Capirci, O., Bello, A., Caselli, M.C., Pettenati, P., Stefanini, S.

Source: Neuropsicologia dello Sviluppo, edited by M.C. Caselli; S. Vicari, pp. 103–118. Bologna: II mulino, 2010

Gesture for speaking and gesture for thinking in children with typical and atypical development: a new theoretical framework.

Capirci, O., Caselli, M.C., De Angelis, V.

Source: Brain Lesion Localization and Developmental Functions: Basal Ganglia - Connecting systems - Cerebellum - Mirror Neurons, edited by Daria Riva; Charles Njiokiktjien, pp. 201–216. Montrouge: John Libbey Eurotext, 2010

Il ritardo mentale

Caselli, M.C., Marotta, L., Meneghini, D., Vicari, S.

Source: . Bologna: II mulino, 2010

Valutazione, osservazione e riabilitazione in età evolutiva

Caselli, M.C., Marotta, L., Vicari, S.

Source: . Bologna: II mulino, 2010

Libro o curatela

2010

Neuropsicologia dello Sviluppo

Vicari S., Caselli M. C.

Source: Bologna: II mulino, 2010

Altro (Documentazione tecnica, Metodologie)

2010

PinG - Parole in Gioco. Una prova di comprensione e produzione lessicale per la prima infanzia.

Bello, A., Caselli, M. C., Pettenati, P., Stefanini, S.

Source: 2010

Research

Maria Cristina Caselli is responsible for the LaND research line.His research focuses on the early development of language and on the relationships between language, communication and cognition in typical populations (including bilingual children) and atypical (deaf children, with Down syndrome, with language disorders). Particular attention is given to the similarities and differences in the acquisition of spoken language and the Sign Language. More recently, he began studying the effect of cochlear implantation on the language skills of deaf children, taking into consideration the role of neural plasticity and previous auditory and linguistic experiences. Maria Cristina Caselli is the Italian representative of "MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories" (in Italy known as the "Primo Vocabolario del Bambino"), a tool developed in more than 60 different languages and widely used for the assessment of communication and language skills in early life. It is also widely used for the early identification of children at risk for communicative and linguistic development or with delays or language disorders. Over time it has established fruitful collaborations with colleagues from universities and national and international research centers, and with child neuropsychiatrists, developmental psychologists and therapists, in particular speech therapists. She is the author and co-author of many books and evaluation tools, and of numerous national and international scientific publications, in various fields, including: developmental psychology, developmental neuropsychology, psycholinguistics.

Projects