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Can the Language Environment Analysis Start Program Improve Children's Readiness for School? LENA Program Evaluation

Can a Scalable Parenting Program Improve Children's Readiness for School? An Evaluation of the LENA Start Program

Who can join

16 Months – 30 Months · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

Eligible adult participants include parents who meet all the criteria listed below.

1. Must be 18 years old or older.
2. Must have a child between 16 and 30 months old as of September 1, 2022.
3. Must speak English or Spanish as their native language.
4. Must live in the catchment area of Alief Independent School District. Children of the adult participants enrolled in the study are eligible to participate. The children must meet all the criteria below.

1\. Must be between 16 and 30 months old as of September 1, 2022 2. Must speak English or Spanish as their native language. 3. Must live in the catchment area of Alief Independent School District.

Exclusion Criteria:

Adult participants will not be eligible for this study if they:

* Are NOT 18 years old or older.
* Do NOT have a child between 16 and 30 months as of September 1, 2022.
* Do NOT speak English or Spanish as their native language.
* Do NOT live in the catchment area of Alief Independent School District.

Children will not be eligible for this study if they:

* Are NOT between 16 and 30 months as of September 1, 2022.
* Do NOT speak English or Spanish as their native language.
* Do NOT live in the catchment area of Alief Independent School District.

About the study

The objective of the project is to implement the LENA Start Program at the Alief The objective of the project is to implement the LENA Start Program at the Alief Independent School District in Houston, Texas. The purpose of the study is to learn how maternal expectations about language development influence the child's language development. Also, the study will evaluate how much the mothers believe can affect their child's language development. More specifically, the program implementation will serve as a model that other school districts can readily replicate.

What is being tested

• Usual care (behavioral)
• LENA Star Program sessions (behavioral)

Sponsor: William Marsh Rice University · Participants: 600 · Started: Aug 1, 2022

Contact the study team

• Snejana Nihtianova, PhD · Phone: 713-348-2458
• Flavio Cunha, PhD · Phone: 713-348-3312

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04905381

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.