THE LENA System
Powering interactions in early childhood. Changing lives.
The LENA Technology System is the world’s only hardware and software suite that measures interactions. It delivers actionable insights to help early childhood educators, researchers, clinicians, parents, and caregivers focus on what matters most in early childhood: conversational turns that lead to better outcomes.
It’s Simple.
It starts with the device that has everyone talking. With the push of a button, LENA’s wearable device counts interactions between a teacher and a child.
Just place it in a child’s LENA vest for your LENA Day and go about your regular routine. The device counts up the adult-child interactions.
Infant through pre-K
Easy setup and use across all classrooms.
Private & secure
Each child’s name is displayed when the teacher needs it, then automatically hides.
Lightweight
No distraction or discomfort.
It’s Smart.
Designed with teachers, for teachers, to make our LENA Grow program easy to manage. At the end of each LENA Day, just place the Device in the dock. The dock sends the data to LENA Online.
Your automated report will show you how many conversational turns each child experienced, plus all the other data you need for understanding your language environment and how to increase interactions.
Zero-effort processing
Interaction data is sent to LENA Online software via cellular connectivity.
Easy-access reports
Just a simple, secure sign-on for life-changing insights.
Classrooms & individuals
Reports show an entire room’s language environment AND detail each child’s experience.
It’s Proven.
The LENA System powers data-driven insights across early childhood education and language development research. Based on 20+ years of research and proven in more than 250 peer-reviewed studies, the LENA System is the world’s ONLY validated measure of conversational turns.
It's Empowering.
The LENA Grow teacher app puts LENA data directly into teachers’ hands.
Empower your teachers with practice-changing data
Easy onboarding helps teachers enroll children and start their LENA Day.
Automated data insights help teachers recognize and build on their strengths.
Weekly goal setting and tracking helps teachers create immediate lasting change.
Measure individual child growth.
Hourly and daily reports let you see hourly child turns and daily child turns for each child.
Weekly reports help you see trends and change over time.
In-app guides help teachers interpret data and build data literacy.
Measure classroom growth
Room reports show class daily turns — how many turns each child is experiencing on average — and how many turns per hour the class experiences.
Get responsive feedback and learn new strategies
Put learning into practice: Teachers apply simple strategies as they work toward their goals.
60+ micro-lessons with modeling videos based on real classrooms help teachers learn new strategies for increasing interactions
LENA’s Type II SOC 2 compliance ensures privacy protections are in place and used correctly.
Ready to Transform Children’s Futures?
Want to put conversational turns at the center of your work with young children with LENA Technology? Whether you’re looking to implement LENA programs, partner with us, or simply learn more, we’d love to connect.