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LENA in Florida


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 Florida, LENA has reached 7.5k children and 1.8k early childhood educators since 2016, and LENA technology has recorded more than 8 million conversational turns.



7.5k
children


1.8k
teachers


8 million
CTs




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LENA Grow aligns to and strengthens eight of the 10 FSU Components of Quality Care for Infants and Toddlers.
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LENA also has crosswalks with Head Start, CLASS, The Pyramid Model, ZERO TO THREE, and more!

Explore our national crosswalks and partnerships!

 





Watch a video about a teacher at the Coalition for the Homeless in Orlando, Fla., who participated in LENA Grow.





 Staff Member
"I’ve been coaching a long time. To have a different direction, to have it be so data-driven, has been just a different approach for me. It’s been really exciting."
Kathy Cestaro
Coach with the Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County

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 Gina Gates,
Regional Partnerships Director
GinaGates@LENA.org