Parent education to improve early language development: A preliminary evaluation of LENA Start.

Parents play an important role in creating home language environments that promote language development. A nonequivalent group design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based implementation of LENA Start™, a parent-training program aimed at increasing the quantity of adult words (AWC) and conversational turns (CT). Parent-child dyads participated in LENA Start™ (n = 39) or a generic parent education program (n = 17).

Association of a full-day vs part-day preschool intervention with school readiness, attendance, and parent involvement.

Importance: Early childhood interventions have demonstrated positive effects on well-being. Whether full-day vs part-day attendance improves outcomes is unknown.

Objective: To evaluate the association between a full- vs part-day early childhood program and school readiness, attendance, and parent involvement.