Debra L. Reisinger, PhD, MA

Dr. Reisinger is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Child Development Center at Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Reisinger completed her doctoral degree in school psychology at the University of South Carolina. She completed her clinical internship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Reisinger completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.  She is licensed in the state of Indiana and Ohio.

Dr. Reisinger provides diagnostic consultation, psychological evaluation, and group treatment services to children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders and related disorders. Her clinical interests include assessment of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and other developmental concerns. She also conducts group treatments for increasing social skills and emotion regulation skills. Dr. Reisinger's research interests mirror her clinical interests and have focused on early developmental and diagnostic outcomes in infants at high genetic risk for autism spectrum disorder.  More specifically, she is interested in the integration of behavioral and biological mechanisms to delineate diagnostic outcomes and measure treatment progress.

Reisinger, D. L., Shaffer, R. C., Tartaglia, N., Berry-Kravis, E., Erickson, & C. A. (2020) Delineating repetitive behavior profiles across the lifespan in fragile x syndrome. Brain Sciences. 10(4), 239.
Reisinger, D. L., Shaffer, R. C., Horn, P. S., Hong, M. P., Pedapati, E. V., Dominick, K. C., & Erickson, C. A. (2020). Atypical social attention and emotional face processing in autism spectrum disorder: insights from face scanning and pupillometry. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 13, 76.
Reisinger, D.L., Shaffer, R., Pedapati, E., Dominick, K., & Erickson, C. (2019). A pilot quantitative evaluation of early life language development in fragile X syndrome. Brain Sciences, 9(2), 27.
Brewe, A. M., Reisinger, D. L., Adlof, S. M., & Roberts, J. E. (2018). Initiating joint attention use in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of intellectual disability research, 62(10), 842-853.
Reisinger, D. L., & Roberts, J. E. (2017). Differential relationships of anxiety and autism symptoms on social skills in young boys with fragile X syndrome. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 122(5), 359-373.