Growing Confident Learners

May 14, 2025

A smiling woman hugs a baby with curly hair while holding another baby with blond hair on her lap in a colorful, indoor setting.

Growing Confident Learners

📅 Webinar: Growing Confident Learners

Date: Wednesday, May 14
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

If a child’s sense of self affects academic and lifelong outcomes, how can we set them up for success in their earliest years? It all begins with a conversation.


In this webinar, we’ll combine theory and classroom experience through a discussion with esteemed experts in early childhood development and education. Topics include:

  • How a positive sense of self contributes to personal and cognitive growth
  • Challenges educators face in providing responsive relationships that foster self-esteem
  • The vital roles of parents, educators, and administrators in growing confident learners

Join us for a powerful conversation featuring:

  • Dr. Kyle Pruett
  • Dr. Barbara Stroud
  • Eva Jenkins (LENA Community Advisory Board)

Hosted by: Steve Hannon, President and CEO of LENA


Meet Our Panelists:

Four headshots of professionals with names and titles: Kyle Pruett, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Yale; Barbara Stroud, PhD, Early Childhood Consultant; Eva Jenkins, MEd, ECFA, Preschool Specialist; Steve Hannon, PhD, President & CEO of LENA.

Webinar - Collaborating on Quality: Improving CLASS Scores and Child Outcomes

November 4th, 1:00 p.m. ET

Join our esteemed panel as we discuss the key attributes of quality interactions, learn how CLASS measures interactions in the classroom, and explore how empowering educators to increase interactions translates to better CLASS scores plus better child outcomes. Read the full description …

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