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LENA in Alabama

Making every interaction count in early childhood education.

LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis) is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform early childhood education.

⬤ LENA Grow offers evidence-based professional development for early childhood educators.
⬤ LENA Start builds school readiness and strengthens families with parent-group classes.
⬤ LENA SP offers reliable, detailed language environment data in research and clinical applications.

In Alabama, LENA has reached 4k children and 670 early childhood educators since 2019, and LENA technology has recorded more than 6.3 million conversational turns.



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6.3 million
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In 2019, Birmingham was selected as one of five U.S. cities to replicate the widely celebrated Providence Talks program. Birmingham Talks has grown its reach quickly, now serving children, parents, and educators across the state.
 
LENA Grow PD hours count towards the required annual professional development hours for Alabama child care licensing, and teachers can enter certificates into the Alabama Pathways Registry.

 

LENA also has crosswalks with Head Start, CLASS, The Pyramid Model, ZERO TO THREE, and more!

Explore our national crosswalks and partnerships!

 




Staff Member
"We are thrilled that every family that we approached in our initial Early Head Start classrooms enrolled in the program. Early participation feedback shows how much the technology component of our services resonates with millennial families."
Ruth Ann Moss
Executive Director, Birmingham Talks

Let's talk about bringing LENA to your community.

Whether you're with a school district, CCR&R, state agency, library, university-community partnership, public health initiative, or any other organization dedicated to improving early childhood outcomes, we want to help you put your organization on the LENA map.


Staff Member

Connect with Amy Marciniak,
 Director of Growth Operations

AmyMarciniak@LENA.org

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