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Providence Talks Replication: Building City-Wide Impact One Family at a Time in Hartford
Entering its fourth year, Hartford Talks is focusing on families. Here are two families' LENA stories.
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“1, 2, 3 Talk with Me”: One Mother’s Story of Completing Virtual LENA Start
Working from home while caring for a baby is an all-too-familiar juggling act these days. A mom in Phoenix tells her story of how LENA Start helped.
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Postpartum Depression and Early Talk: My Experience
What can you do to ensure you’re supporting parents experiencing perinatal mood or anxiety disorders?
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Reflective Feedback in Parenting Interventions: Coming Back to the “Why”
Programs like LENA Start and LENA Home can help parents reflect on their hopes and dreams and follow through on their goals.
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Three Moms Share Stories of Their LENA Start Experience
Survey results tell us that families’ enthusiasm for LENA Start has held steady more than a year into the pandemic. Three personal family stories show us why.
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Parents on Virtual LENA Start Classes: “Now I know 10 families when I drop my kids off at school.”
The virtual format offered families a powerful opportunity to connect when they otherwise couldn’t during the pandemic.
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Results From Parent Survey Confirm LENA Start Is Building Stronger Families
We analyzed data from 1,700 program participants and found that families report spending more time with children, talking more, and feeling more confident in their parenting abilities.
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Two Moms Establish New Parenting Habits Through LENA Start Classes
Best friends Kathryn Royse and Samantha Stover enrolled in LENA Start classes in Houston together and began looking for ways to increase conversation at home.
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Virginia Beach Family Increases Two-Generation, Bilingual Engagement With Children Through LENA Start
Taking LENA Start classes helped the Ochoa family learn to connect with their children in new ways.
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Free Webinar: Interaction Data as Quality Systems Evolve

Every state’s quality system is designed to answer an important question: is a program providing high-quality care and learning experiences for children?

Yet quality is a moving target — in how it’s defined, how it’s measured, how it’s communicated, what it means for children in the classroom. As states evolve their approaches – some using rating systems and others emphasizing continuous quality improvement – understanding the indicators that matter most has never been more important.

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October 14 at 1:00 p.m. ET