Lisa Archibald, PhD

Professor and Director

Room 02597, EC
519 661-2111 x82753
larchiba@uwo.ca
@larchiba6
@dld_diagnostics
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Education

PhD (Durham, UK)
MHSc (Toronto)
BSc (Brock)

Graduate Program Supervision

Health & Rehabiliation Sciences MSc | PhD

Research In Profile

Professor Lisa Archibald's research focuses on three interconnected themes: (1) to further our understanding of the memory and learning mechanisms that support the human ability to learn, process, and use a linguistic system of communication, (2) to understand how best to identify children with a language learning impairment and mobilize this knowledge, and (3) to implement and provide evidence for effective clinical practice through collaborative research partnerships.

Featured Publications and Projects

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Pham, T., Oram, J., Ansari, D., Joanisse, M. F., Stager, C., & Archibald, L. M. (2025). A comparison of different methods for measuring individual change in kindergarten children. Education Sciences
Archibald, L. M. D. (2024). On the many terms for developmental language and learning impairments. Discover Education, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-024-00112-y
Archibald, L. M. D., & Kuyvenhoven, C. (2024). Exploring the views, perspectives, and current practices of educational Speech-Language Pathologists and Psychologists in Canada: How Childhood Developmental Language Disorders are Identified and Diagnosed. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(3), 1443–1455. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_ajslp-23-00170
Coughler, C., Bardell, T., Schouten, M. A., Smith, K., & Archibald, L. M. D. (2024). Comparing spoken versus iPad-Administered versions of a narrative retell assessment tool in a Practice-Based research partnership. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 55(3), 976–984. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_lshss-23-00022
Kuiack, A. K., & Archibald, L. M. D. (2024). Identifying and describing developmental language disorder in children. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 59(3), 1180–1193. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12984
Pham, T., Joanisse, M. F., Ansari, D., Oram, J., Stager, C., & Archibald, L. M. (2024). Early cognitive predictors of language, literacy, and mathematics outcomes in the primary grades. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 70, 187–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.10.004
Balilah, A. M. A., Archibald, L. M. D., & Said, F. S. S. (2023). Heritage language learners of English: Linguistic gaps and cognitive strengths, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2141322
Coughler, C., Bardell, T., Schouten, M., Smith, K., & Archibald, L. M. D. (2023). Narrative retell assessment using “Frog” Stories: A Practice-Based Research Speech-Language Pathology partnership exploring story equivalency. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 54(4), 1249–1266. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_lshss-22-00124

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Current Grants and Research Projects

Archibald, L. (2022-2027). Getting it right: Enhancing extracurricular reading programs. SSHRC Insight. $369,422.
Archibald, L. (2021-2026). Determining the cognitive, linguistic, and input features influencing oral language processing. NSERC Discovery. $140,000
Archibald, L. (2020-2021). Disciplinary crossroads in identifying Developmental Language Disorder. SSHRC Connection. $47,284.
Archibald, L. (2018-2021). Collaboration knowledge generation: A new research model targeting language and literacy learning in primary school children. SSHRC Partnership Development. $177,676.