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Parent education to improve early language development: A preliminary evaluation of LENA Start

Topic:

NA

Authors:

Elmquist, Finestack, Kriese, Lease, McConnell

Journal/Publication:

Journal of Child Language

Year:

2020

Participant Age Range:

1 –

36 months

Sample Size:

56

Participant Language:

English, Spanish

Abstract:

Parents play an important role in creating home language environments that promote language development. A nonequivalent group design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based implementation of LENA Start™, a parent-training program aime

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