LENA is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform children’s futures through early talk technology and data-driven programs.
LENA Online™ v3 is a platform for accessing LENA's early talk technology and data-driven programs to transform children's futures.
Transform your early childhood education program with LENA Grow's data-driven professional development. Proven to improve outcomes.
Learn about our transformational hardware and software suite that measures interactions. 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.
Discover LENA's data-driven research insights on children's language development. Explore 250+ studies from 40+ countries. Learn more now.
LENA at a Glance What does LENA stand for? LENA stands for Language Environment Analysis. Is LENA a nonprofit? Yes, LENA is a national 501 (c)(3) nonprofit based in Louisville, Colo. LENA was founded in 2004 by the late Terry Paul and his wife, Judi, entrepreneurs who pioneered reading, math, and testing products used in […]
The LENA Developmental Snapshot Included with LENA SP is the LENA Developmental Snapshot, a validated 52-item questionnaire completed by caregivers. The Snapshot measures a child’s expressive and receptive language development over time.
LENA Grow improves outcomes, and we have the evaluation data to prove it. Learn how LENA affects everything from literacy skills to teacher retention. A child's first five years are vital for building literacy skills. Conversational turns make a big impact. Quality adult-child interactions are the heartbeat of early devleopment.