LENA Home is a program that uses interactive parent sessions and technology to help children from birth to age 3 develop language skills. LENA stands for Language ENvironment Analysis. The program is designed to be flexible and can be integrated with existing programs. It's best suited for families with young children who have an IFSP or suspected disability.
Le Bonheur partners with Urban Child Institute partner on LENA Home, a home visitation program that offers one on one coaching sessions between a home visitor and guardian.
LENA Home uses regular feedback from LENA's "talk pedometer" technology to help increase interactive talk to close the early talk gap, improve school readiness and build stronger families. Over the course of 8-13 weekly sessions, parents and caregivers learn about the importance of interactive talk along with ways to incorporate more conversation into their daily routines. The program combines the use of LENA technology to measure the home language environment with parent-group meetings that teach simple techniques to improve the quantity and quality of adult-child talk.
LENA Home is always seeking interested mothers that are also enrolled in one of our home visitation programs such as Healthy Families TN or Nurse Family Partnership.
Parents and caregivers may call 901-287-4933 to find out more information.
