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LENA in Iowa


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.


Did you know?

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





Dr. Constance Beecher, a LENA partner and Associate Professor of Family Literacy at Iowa State University, appeared on Iowa Public Radio's "Talk of Iowa" program in September of 2022 to discuss early language development, social-emotional development, COVID, and LENA. Take a listen!





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"We understand really well what leads to positive language development, and it really is back-and-forth conversations between caring adults and young children. … We’ve seen with our LENA studies documented differences in social development due to increased amounts of rich language conversations."
Constance Beecher
Associate Professor of Family Literacy, Iowa State University

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.


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Connect with Lindsey Santarelli,
Regional Partnerships Director
LindseySantarelli@LENA.org