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

William Marsh Rice University · with Alief Independent School District · NCT04905381

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 1–2 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
600
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 1, 2022
Record last updated
April 24, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Usual care; LENA Star Program sessions

Conditions: Language Development

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

  • Must be 18 years old or older.
  • Must have a child between 16 and 30 months old as of September 1, 2022.
  • Must speak English or Spanish as their native language.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Recruiting US locations

  • Alief ISD

    Houston, TX 77072

    Site contact: Laura Escamilla

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Snejana Nihtianova, PhD · 713-348-2458 · sn46@rice.edu
  • Flavio Cunha, PhD · 713-348-3312 · fc15@rice.edu
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