10 Facts About LENA Foundation

Nonprofit organization uses a technology system that comprises a LENA Foundation device, patented processing software, and secure, cloud-based data access.

LENA Foundation System is used by researchers at universities such as Harvard, MIT, Brown University and Stanford University, hospitals, and other research institutions, where it has been used to study subjects such as how language builds children's brains, autism, child language acquisition, and communication in deaf and hard of hearing families.

LENA Foundation has several programs designed to encourage interactive talk between children and caregivers, including programs aimed at parents, childcare providers and home visitors.

LENA Foundation technology provides more than 25 different metrics on the natural language environment of children, including estimates and percentile scores for adult words spoken to the child, conversational turns, and child vocalizations.

LENA Foundation Start is a program for parents that uses regular feedback from the LENA Foundation System plus 13 weekly group sessions to help improve the home language environment.

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Since its introduction in 2015, LENA Foundation Start has been implemented by school districts, library systems, and other types of organizations in Huntsville, Alabama, San Mateo County, California, Ames, Iowa, Longmont, Colorado, and Minneapolis, Minninnesota, and other sites across the country.

LENA Foundation facilitators offer simple techniques to help them increase their children's exposure to oral language while wearing the 'talk pedometers.

LENA Foundation Grow is a professional development program for teachers who work in early childhood classrooms.

LENA Foundation Home is a supplement to existing parent coaching curriculums.

LENA Foundation SP is the version of LENA Foundation designed for researchers and language professionals to use.