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Carmela Miniscalco
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry and NeurochemistryAbout Carmela Miniscalco
Adjunct Professor carmela.miniscalco@neuro.gu.se
Carmela Miniscalco is adjunct Professor in speech and language pathology at Gillberg Neuropsychiatry, Centre at the University of Gothenburg. She has worked clinically with children with speech and language disorders for more than 30 years. She wass one of the project leaders of the AUDIE (AUtism Detection and Intervention in Early life) - a project which was conducted at Child Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in collaboration with the Child Health Care centers and Habilitation services in Gothenburg 2009-2011. She has authored around 40 scientifiv papers and one book chapter on communication difficulties and how they relate to neuropsychiatric disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder and ADHD. Carmela is currently supervising several PhD students.
Her main interest in the clinic, research and teaching is language and communication development and disorders in children in various clinical groups, eg children with autism. She was the main applicant and the principal investigator in a recently issued FAS / FORTE 3-year project on "Language ability in children with autism spectrum disorder: A population-based longitudinal study." In that project, the AUDIE group was followed up again when the children were of school age. The results were reported in Emilia Carlsson's thesis 2018.
She was also the main applicant and the project manager in a Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission (Arvsfonden) project that started in 2013: Interventions for young children with autism: Knowledge, method development and intervention from a participatory perspective, which now is implemented at the CNC clinic. The purpose of that project was to improve initiatives for preschool children with autism in connection with the completed investigation through 1) parent education at the clinic, 2) increased support for the preschool and 3) dissemination of knowledge. Parental education for young children with autism is now included as a clinical routine after an investigation at BNK.
A new 3-year FORTE project is currently ongoing "A population-based study on language development in children after exposure to per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS)" and an ALF-funded project "Late language development at 2.5 years of age: language impairment, other developmental disorders and Quality of life ” . Carmela is the main applicant and PI for these ongoing projects with Charlotte Stübner and Ulrika Schachinger-Lorentzon as doctorial students.
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Interpretability and clinical utility of the strength and stressors in parenting
questionnaire
Sara Burge, Anna Eva Hallin, Carmela Miniscalco, Anders Sand, Sofia Strombergsson
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY - 2024 -
Introducing a self-managed early communication resource for parents - A mixed methods feasibility study of the Swedish "ComAlong
online"
Ellen Backman, Carmela Miniscalco, Gunilla Thunberg
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY - 2024 -
Language ability in 5-12-year-old children with new-onset
epilepsy
Åsa Nordberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Fritjof Norrelgen
LOGOPEDICS PHONIATRICS VOCOLOGY - 2024 -
Expressive vocabulary intervention for four 2-to 3-year-old children with cerebral palsy and speech/language difficulties: A single-case A-B
study
Anna Nyman, Carmela Miniscalco, Anette Lohmander, Sofia Strombergsson
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY - 2024 -
Speech sound error patterns may signal language disorder in Swedish preschool children with
autism
Carmela Miniscalco, Anna-Clara Reinholdson, Christopher Gillberg, Jakob Åsberg Johnels
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS - 2024 -
Developmental language disorder: similarities and differences between 6-year-old mono- and multilingual
children
Ulrika Schachinger-Lorentzon, Emilia Carlsson, Eva Billstedt, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology - 2024 -
Knowledge and belongingness: experiences of a programme for parents of children with
autism
Nanna Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Gunilla Westman Andersson
Educational Research - 2024 -
Persisting speech difficulties at 7-8 years of age - a longitudinal study of speech production in internationally adopted children with cleft lip and
palate
AnnaKarin Larsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Hans Mark, Radoslava Jönsson, Christina Persson
Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology - 2024 -
Early-Life Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Child Language and Communication Development: A Systematic
Review
Charlotte Stübner, Christel Nielsen, Kristina Jakobsson, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2023 -
Language and quality of life in Swedish children with mild hearing
loss
A. McPherson, G. Webb, Carmela Miniscalco, T. Flynn
Deafness & Education International - 2023 -
Developmental language disorders in preschool children after high exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated drinking water in Ronneby,
Sweden
Charlotte Stübner, M. Ebel, Kristina Jakobsson, Christopher Gillberg, C. Nielsen, Carmela Miniscalco
Environmental Epidemiology - 2023 -
Asking parents about babbling at 10 months produced valid answers but did not predict language screening result 2 years
later
M. Lieberman, A. Sand, A. Lohmander, Carmela Miniscalco
Acta Paediatrica - 2022 -
Hearing aid use in 11-year-old children with mild bilateral hearing loss: Associations between parent and child ratings and
datalogging
T. Flynn, I. Uhlen, Carmela Miniscalco
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology - 2022 -
Neurodevelopmental problems and quality of life in 6-year-olds with a history of developmental language
disorder
S. Ottosson, Ulrika Schachinger-Lorentzon, Björn Kadesjö, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Acta Paediatrica - 2022 -
Impact of auditory variables on consonant production in babbling and early speech in children with moderate hearing loss - a longitudinal
study
A. Persson, T. Flynn, Carmela Miniscalco, A. Lohmander
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics - 2022 -
A longitudinal case study of six children with autism and specified language and non-verbal
profiles
Carmela Miniscalco, Emilia Carlsson
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics - 2022 -
Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Do They Expect and Experience from
Preschools?
Gunilla Westman Andersson, Nanna Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment - 2021 -
Internationally adopted children with and without a cleft lip and palate showed no differences in language ability at
school-age.
AnnaKarin Larsson, Christina Persson, Kristina Klintö, Carmela Miniscalco
Acta paediatrica - 2021 -
Speech and Language in 5-year-olds with Different Neurological Disabilities and the Association between Early and Later Consonant Production Speech/Language in Neurological
Disabilities
A. Nyman, S. Strombergsson, K. Lindstrom, A. Lohmander, Carmela Miniscalco
Developmental Neurorehabilitation - 2021 -
Internationally Adopted Children With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate-Consonant Proficiency and Perceived Velopharyngeal Competence at the Age of
5.
AnnaKarin Larsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Hans Mark, Johnna Schölin, Radoslava Jönsson, Christina Persson
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - 2020 -
Narrative Skills in Primary School Children with Autism in Relation to Language and Nonverbal Temporal
Sequencing
Emilia Carlsson, Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research - 2020 -
Schoolchildren with unilateral or mild to moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss should be screened for neurodevelopmental
problems
C. Stubner, T. Flynn, Christopher Gillberg, Elisabeth Fernell, Carmela Miniscalco
Acta Paediatrica - 2020 -
Social scene perception in autism spectrum disorder: An eye-tracking and pupillometric
study
Morgan Frost-Karlsson, Martyna A Galazka, Christopher Gillberg, I Carina Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Eva Billstedt, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Jakob Åsberg Johnels
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology - 2019 -
Current profiles and early predictors of reading skills in school-age children with autism spectrum disorders: A longitudinal, retrospective population
study.
Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Emilia Carlsson, Courtenay Norbury, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Autism : the international journal of research and practice - 2019 -
Neurodevelopmental problems should be considered in children with febrile
seizures.
Gill Nilsson, Joakim Westerlund, Elisabeth Fernell, Eva Billstedt, Carmela Miniscalco, Thomas Arvidsson, Ingrid Olsson, Christopher Gillberg
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 2019 -
Autism With and Without Regression: A Two-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study in Two Population-Derived Swedish
Cohorts.
Lucy Thompson, Christopher Gillberg, Sara Landberg, Anne-Katrin Kantzer, Carmela Miniscalco, Martina Barnevik Olsson, Mats Eriksson, Elisabeth Fernell
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 2019 -
Assessing False-Belief Understanding in Children with Autism Using a Computer Application: A Pilot
Study.
Emilia Carlsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg, Jakob Åsberg Johnels
Journal of psycholinguistic research - 2018 -
Development problems were common five years after positive screening for language disorders and, or, autism at 2.5 years of
age.
Carmela Miniscalco, Elisabeth Fernell, Lucy Thompson, Eva Sandberg, Björn Kadesjö, Christopher Gillberg
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 2018 -
Young children who screen positive for autism: Stability, change and "comorbidity" over two
years.
Anne-Katrin Kantzer, Elisabeth Fernell, Joakim Westerlund, Bibbi Hagberg, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Research in developmental disabilities - 2018 -
Children screening positive for language delay at 2.5 years: Language disorder and developmental
profiles
Ulrika Schachinger-Lorentzon, Björn Kadesjö, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment - 2018 -
Velopharyngeal Function and Consonant Proficiency in Internationally Adopted Children with UCLP At Age
5
AnnaKarin Larsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Hans Mark, Johnna Schölin, Radoslava Jönsson, Christina Persson
10th European Congress of Speech and Language Therapy.10-12 May 2018, Cascais, Portugal - 2018 -
Consonant proficiency and Velopharyngeal Function in Internationally Adopted Children with
UCLP
AnnaKarin Larsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Hans Mark, Johnna Schölin, Radoslava Jönsson, Christina Persson
17th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, University of Malta - 2018 -
A 6-year follow-up of children assessed for suspected autism spectrum disorder: parents’ experiences of society’s
support
Gunilla Westman Andersson, Carmela Miniscalco, Nanna Gillberg
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment - 2017 -
Children who screen positive for autism at 2.5 years and receive early intervention: a prospective naturalistic 2-year outcome
study
Birgitta Spjut Jansson, Carmela Miniscalco, Joakim Westerlund, Anne-Katrin Kantzer, Elisabeth Fernell, Christopher Gillberg
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment - 2016 -
Negotiating knowledge: parents’ experience of the neuropsychiatric diagnostic process for children with
autism
Emilia Carlsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Björn Kadesjö, Katja Laakso
International journal of language and communication disorders - 2016 -
Story retelling and language ability in school-aged children with cerebral palsy and speech
impairment.
Ann Nordberg, Annika Dahlgren Sandberg, Carmela Miniscalco
International journal of language & communication disorders / Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists - 2015 -
Prenatal acquired cytomegalovirus infection should be considered in children with
autism.
Mona-Lisa Engman, Mikael Sundin, Carmela Miniscalco, Joakim Westerlund, Ilona Lewensohn-Fuchs, Christopher Gillberg, Elisabeth Fernell
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 2015 -
Autism spectrum disorder and low vitamin D at birth: a sibling control
study.
Elisabeth Fernell, Susanne Bejerot, Joakim Westerlund, Carmela Miniscalco, Henry Simila, Darryl Eyles, Christopher Gillberg, Mats B Humble
Molecular autism - 2015 -
Imitation (rather than core language) predicts pragmatic development in young children with ASD: a preliminary longitudinal study using CDI parental
reports.
Carmela Miniscalco, Maja Rudling, Maria Råstam, Christopher Gillberg, Jakob Åsberg Johnels
International journal of language and communication disorders - 2014 -
Face viewing patterns in young children with autism spectrum disorders: Speaking up for a role of language
comprehension.
Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Christopher Gillberg, Terje Falck-Ytter, Carmela Miniscalco
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - 2014 -
Preschoolers assessed for autism: Parent and teacher experiences of the diagnostic
process.
Gunilla Westman Andersson, Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg
Research in developmental disabilities - 2014 -
Consonant production and overall speech characteristics in school-aged children with cerebral palsy and speech
impairment.
Ann Nordberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Anette Lohmander
International journal of speech-language pathology - 2014 -
The effectiveness of phonological intervention in preschool children: a single-subject design
study.
Nanna Palle, Agneta Berntsson, Carmela Miniscalco, Christina Persson
Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology - 2014 -
Pre-schoolchildren with autism spectrum disorders are rarely macrocephalic: A population
study.
Mats Cederlund, Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg
Research in developmental disabilities - 2014 -
Excellent Word-Reading Ability in the Context of an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study of a Swedish-Speaking 7-Year-Old
Boy
Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Carmela Miniscalco
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology - 2014 -
Autism in Preschoolers: Does Individual Clinician's First Visit Diagnosis Agree with Final Comprehensive
Diagnosis?
Gunilla Westman Andersson, Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg
Scientific World Journal - 2013 -
Narrative retelling in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: Is there a role for nonverbal temporal-sequencing
skills?
Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Bibbi Hagberg, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Scandinavian journal of psychology - 2013 -
Autism in community pre-schoolers: Developmental
profiles.
Anne-Katrin Kantzer, Elisabeth Fernell, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Research in developmental disabilities - 2013 -
Speech problems affect more than one in two children with cerebral palsy: Swedish population-based
study.
Ann Nordberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Anette Lohmander, Kate Himmelmann
Acta Paediatrica - 2013 -
Autism in toddlers: can observation in preschool yield the same information as autism assessment in a specialised
clinic?
Gunilla Westman Andersson, Carmela Miniscalco, Ulrika Johansson, Christopher Gillberg
Scientific World Journal - 2013 -
Pre-school children with suspected autism spectrum disorders: Do girls and boys have the same
profiles?
Gunilla Westman Andersson, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco
Research in Developmental Disabilities - 2013 -
Meaning what you say? Comprehension and word production skills in young children with
autism.
Carmela Miniscalco, Josefina Fränberg, Ulrika Schachinger-Lorentzon, Christopher Gillberg
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - 2012 -
Clinic attenders with autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: cognitive profile at school age and its relationship to preschool indicators of language
delay.
Bibbi Hagberg, Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg
Research in Developmental Disabilities - 2010 -
Reading comprehension among typically developing Swedish-speaking 10-12-year-olds: Examining subgroups differentiated in terms of language and decoding
skills.
Jakob Åsberg, Marika Carlsson, Ann-Marie Oderstam, Carmela Miniscalco
Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology - 2010 -
Basic reading skills in Swedish children with late developing language and with or without autism spectrum disorder or
ADHD.
Carmela Miniscalco, Annika Dahlgren Sandberg
Research in Developmental Disabilities - 2010 -
Problems and limitations in studies on screening for language
delay.
Mårten Eriksson, Monica Westerlund, Carmela Miniscalco
Research in Developmental Disabilities - 2010 -
Non-word repetition in young school-age children with language impairment and/or neuropsychiatric
disorder.
Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg
Research in Developmental Disabilities - 2009 -
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språkutveckling
Carmela Miniscalco
Barn läser och skriver - specialpedagogiska perspektiv. Bjar L och Frylmark A, red - 2009 -
Narrative skills, cognitive profiles and neuropsychiatric disorders in 7-8-year-old children with late developing
language.
Carmela Miniscalco, Bibbi Hagberg, Björn Kadesjö, Monica Westerlund, Christopher Gillberg
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders - 2007 -
Barn med tidiga språk-problem kan ha
autism
Carmela Miniscalco
Föräldrakraft - 2007 -
Language problems at 2½ years of age and their relationship with school-age language impairment and neuropsychiatric
disorders
Carmela Miniscalco
2007 -
Neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental outcome of children at age 6 and 7 years who screened positive for language problems at 30
months.
Carmela Miniscalco, Gudrun Nygren, Bibbi Hagberg, Björn Kadesjö, Christopher Gillberg
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - 2006 -
Language skills at age 6 years in Swedish children screened for language delay at 2(1/2) years of
age.
Carmela Miniscalco, Monica Westerlund, Anette Lohmander
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 2005 -
Evaluation of a language-screening programme for 2.5-year-olds at Child Health Centres in
Sweden.
Carmela Miniscalco Mattsson, Staffan Mårild, N G Pehrsson
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 2001