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 (20)

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.

Frameworks for understanding effective family engagement

By LENA TeamSeptember 5, 2018

Working with families and communities is at the heart of what we do at LENA. This post provides an overview of well-established definitions of family engagement that inform our programs.

Neuroanatomical connectivity associated with adult-child conversational turns

First paper published linking conversational turns with brain structure

By LENA TeamAugust 13, 2018

The first research showing a relationship between conversational turns and brain structure has ben published in JNeurosci. The paper investigates how back and forth interaction between children and their adult caregivers relate to white matter connectivity in the brain.

LENA Grow: Lessons from our learning site

By LENA TeamJuly 23, 2018

We launched a learning site to gain hands-on experience implementing our professional development program for early childhood teachers. Read what we learned about establishing trust, engaging staff, and what’s next.

Research Roundup: How social influences shape a child’s development

By LENA TeamJuly 9, 2018

Read new research that sheds light on how children’s peers, caregivers, and social environments may affect their development.

Case Study: How Sound Start Babies uses LENA SP to support parents

By LENA TeamJune 27, 2018

Read about how a nonprofit in New Jersey uses LENA SP to provide targeted feedback and coaching to parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Research Roundup: Brain Waves, Intelligence, and Voter Attitudes

By LENA TeamJune 15, 2018

Did you know your brain waves sync with your baby’s? Read the study and see other exciting new findings in this month’s research roundup.

Parents gain confidence, skills, and awareness through LENA Start classes

By LENA TeamJune 13, 2018

A young couple from Texas share how LENA Start classes helped them gain confidence in their parenting skills after the birth of the first daughter.

Research Roundup: Long-term impacts of early childhood education

By LENA TeamMay 11, 2018

Read about new studies examining the long-term impacts of early childhood education on individuals and society as a whole.

New report from Escambia County on LENA Grow Shows CLASS^® Gains

By LENA TeamApril 26, 2018

Data from the first year of partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of Escambia County (ELCEC) shows that classrooms using LENA Grow, our professional development program for early childhood educators, showed gains on CLASS® assessment scores.

Research Roundup: Babies are real conversational partners

By LENA TeamApril 11, 2018

Want to stay up-to-date on happenings in the realm of early childhood education? Our new blog series is designed to keep you in the loop on the latest early childhood education news, research, and updates. Check it out!

Parent Profile: Kristen Rhodes finds community, concrete feedback in LENA Start program

By LENA TeamApril 2, 2018

A mom who graduated from LENA Start shares how the program helped her to connect with her daughter and her community.

LENA Launches Local “Learning Site” for LENA Grow

By LENA TeamMarch 23, 2018

We’re excited to announce the first LENA Grow site in Colorado in partnership with the Aspen Center for Child Development, and this time LENA staff will be playing an active role in the coaching!

New research sheds light on the importance of conversational turns

By LENA TeamMarch 14, 2018

New research by a team at Harvard and MIT used LENA technology and brain imaging to measure the relationship between children’s language experience and their brain activity. The study found that conversational turns predicted variance in verbal scores, while the sheer number of adult words did not.

Atlanta Speech School uses LENA for families of hard of hearing children

By LENA TeamMarch 13, 2018

Staff from the Atlanta Speech School share how they use LENA feedback in coaching sessions with families to help increase their awareness and understanding of the audio environment in their home.

First Book Partnership Brings High-quality Books at Lower Cost

By LENA TeamMarch 8, 2018

LENA is teaming up with First Book, a nonprofit working exclusively with programs and schools serving children in need to ensure they have access to top-quality books. Through First Book’s LENA Marketplace, partners can browse a curated collection of bilingual and wordless books.

Research Roundup: The Latest Findings on Reading

By LENA TeamMarch 1, 2018

We all know we should read with kids. But why? See the latest research on how reading affects child development.

Parents as Teachers Affiliates Add an Early-talk Focus

By LENA TeamFebruary 28, 2018

LENA and multiple affiliates of Parents as Teachers, a MIECHV-approved home visiting organization, are working together to promote optimal early development for children by supporting and training parents and caregivers.

Teachers, children benefit from LENA Grow Pilot with Teaching Strategies

By LENA TeamFebruary 22, 2018

During the four-month pilot, LENA technology was used to measure talk and provide objective feedback to early childhood educators in two early childhood classrooms in central Virginia. In one classroom, an impressive 87.5 percent of children experienced an increase in either adult words or conversational turns.

Just call us LENA

By LENA TeamFebruary 19, 2018

We’re excited to announce that we’re simplifying our name to LENA. This change reflects who we are and the work we’re doing to support parents, educators, and researchers in improving the language environments of children worldwide.

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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