Lena takes two paths to improving outcomes for children from birth to five Lena grow professional development and lena sp Make every interaction count in early childhood education Gain early language insights in research and clinical applications. From head start classrooms to family child care homes and private child care centers, and from libraries to public health initiatives and research universities, lena’s programs are creating measurable differences in children’s lives around the world. Explore 250+ studies from 40+ countries
At lena, we turn the science of measuring conversational turns into action Our programs help child care centers, school districts, and families worldwide boost early language development — creating measurable results that transform children’s futures. Lena’s researchers describe a child as experiencing language isolation if they engage in fewer than five conversational turns per hour for all but the single hour during which the most conversational turns occurred. Discover lena grow's impact on child development and teacher retention
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