LENA Team

The LENA Team is a dedicated group of professionals who are passionate about increasing awareness of the importance of early interactive talk. We are statisticians, speech-language pathologists, curriculum specialists, engineers, and linguists.

Blog Posts (24)

Early Head Start programs use LENA Home to improve language and literacy outcomes

By LENA TeamNovember 8, 2019

To help families and home visitors collaborate to improve language outcomes for children, many Early Head Start programs are using LENA technology in tandem with coaching during home visits.

LENA Grow teachers sit on the floor of a classroom reading with infants.

Teachers and coaches share their experiences with LENA Grow

By LENA TeamOctober 22, 2019

We’ve interviewed LENA Grow participants nationwide for an inside look at what it’s like to complete the professional development program for early childhood teachers.

Virginia Beach family increases two-generation, bilingual engagement with children through LENA Start

By LENA TeamOctober 8, 2019

Taking LENA Start classes helped the Ochoa family learn to connect with their children in new ways.

A skyline illustrates cities where Providence Talks will be replicated.

Five cities will replicate Providence Talks, offering LENA programs for parents and teachers citywide

By LENA TeamSeptember 24, 2019

Five cities have been selected to replicate Providence Talks — one of the first early language initiatives implemented at the municipal level — with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Let’s NOT stop talking about talk.

By LENA TeamSeptember 13, 2019

At LENA, we believe that adult caregivers have the power to make a difference in a child’s life. Helping parents – and early childhood teachers – use that power to boost vocabulary and literacy is a good thing.

New research strengthens link between adult-child conversation and brain structure, reading skills

By LENA TeamSeptember 10, 2019

A new study exploring associations between family socioeconomic background, children’s brain structure, and children’s reading skills indicates that children who experience more conversational turns may have increased brain growth, and in turn, better reading skills.

Data from LENA participants versus a matched control sample.

Initial longitudinal evaluation results: Huntsville children whose parents participated in LENA Start have stronger literacy skills two years later

By LENA TeamAugust 26, 2019

Promising new data show that children whose families participated in LENA Start, a parent-group program focused on increasing early talk, demonstrated considerably higher early literacy scores and were far more likely to be at an advanced literacy level entering pre-K.

Sequatchie Valley Head Start uses LENA Grow to meet performance standards for professional development

By LENA TeamAugust 12, 2019

Sequatchie Valley Head Start uses LENA Grow to meet federal coaching requirements and work with teachers geographically separated over five counties.

Georgia Department of Public Health uses community partnerships and Project LAUNCH funding to scale parent programming county-wide

By LENA TeamAugust 6, 2019

The team at the West Central Health District drew on a range of existing community partners to find space to run classes, recruit parents, and scale impact.

Early learning classrooms in Fort Worth ISD using LENA Grow increase CLASS® scores

By LENA TeamJuly 29, 2019

Classrooms that used LENA Grow, an experiential professional development program for early childhood teachers, increased scores in key CLASS domains compared to classrooms that did not use the program, a pre-post evaluation shows.

Research Roundup: How researchers are using LENA technology to understand child development

By LENA TeamJuly 23, 2019

Learn how different scientists are using LENA technology to better understand how children learn and develop and in what type of environment they thrive.

Research Roundup: New information on infant language acquisition

By LENA TeamApril 16, 2019

Read summaries of three newly-published studies exploring how young children develop and acquire language.

School readiness team at Huntsville City Schools uses LENA Start to increase children’s kindergarten readiness

By LENA TeamMarch 18, 2019

To help prepare children to succeed in kindergarten, one school district in northern Alabama launched an early language intervention to boost cognitive development in children ages 0-3.

Mom uses LENA technology to advocate for more robust school support for daughter who is hard of hearing

By LENA TeamFebruary 19, 2019

Lisa Eberlein used LENA technology to investigate the language environment her daughter experienced at school. She used the data to demonstrate the need for her daughter to have an FM system in the classroom.

Research Roundup: How adult friendship, socioeconomic status, and screen time may affect developing brains

By LENA TeamFebruary 6, 2019

Read the latest studies exploring how everything from a child’s socioeconomic status to the hours they spend looking at a screen are related to their brain development.

Case Study: Teen parent program adopts LENA Start to grow connections between clients, children

By LENA TeamJanuary 8, 2019

A home-visiting program for teen parents in Boulder County expanded their services to include parent-group classes, to the benefit of clients and their children.

It’s never too late for interactive talk! Your questions on conversational turns research answered.

By LENA TeamDecember 17, 2018

In 2018, researchers published three studies examining the long- and short-term effects of interactive talk. Here we’ve answered the top questions on the role of conversational turns in child development.

Research Roundup: How researchers are using LENA technology to make new discoveries

By LENA TeamDecember 4, 2018

Read about how LENA technology is facilitating new research breakthroughs.

Mom credits pre-teen son’s success to increased interactive talk in early childhood

By LENA TeamNovember 29, 2018

Christine Gardy, a mom who gained insights from LENA feedback while her son was just a baby, attributes much of his success 10 years later to increased interactive talk.

Clarke uses LENA technology to bridge home and school environments

By LENA TeamNovember 13, 2018

Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, a listening and spoken language program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, has recently incorporated LENA technology as a “standard of care” for all children enrolled in their early intervention program.

Libraries serve as community catalysts to build pre-literacy skills

By LENA TeamNovember 9, 2018

Public libraries around the country are using LENA Start to build children’s early literacy skills, connect families with community, and increase library engagement.

To improve quality outcomes, Early Head Start program looks to LENA Grow for timely feedback

By LENA TeamSeptember 28, 2018

Learn how one of the most successful Early Head Start programs in the country used LENA Grow to improve quality classroom practices.

Photo illustration showing child as a baby with his mom and then as an older child in early adolescence doing well in school

New research says how much you talk with babies is linked to their IQ in adolescence

By LENA TeamSeptember 10, 2018

10-year longitudinal study published in Pediatrics correlates interactive talk in early childhood with later cognitive outcomes.

Urban library expands reach and impact through community partnerships

By LENA TeamSeptember 5, 2018

San Mateo County Libraries has built successful partnerships to boost the reach and impact of their programs. Learn about how they are delivering LENA Start through partnerships with San Mateo County Housing Authority, Ravenswood Family Health Center, and The Primary School.

Press Releases (1)

Early Learning Indiana announces partnership with LENA to strengthen early language and literacy practices

By LENA TeamOctober 16, 2024

Early Learning Indiana (ELI) announced today an innovative partnership with LENA, a national nonprofit that is a leader in research and programing focused on language development in young children.

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