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LENA Foundation Revives Popular Online Child Language Assessment Tool
Date:3/16/2009

BOULDER, Colo., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The LENA(TM) Developmental Snapshot is back by popular demand, once again offering parents a confidential, quick and easy way to find out their child's developmental age online (https://www.lenababy.com/secure/LenaDevelopmentalSnapshot.aspx).

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In the summer of 2007, when the LENA Foundation first offered the assessment, more than 13,000 people used the service in a single two-month period. "Since we've taken the Developmental Snapshot down, we've had an enormous number of requests to put it back up," explained Jill Gilkerson, Ph.D., director of language research for the not-for-profit organization. "We feel that by providing this much sought-after tool again, we'll be able to provide parents with answers about their child's language development while also funding our research efforts."

The online service allows parents to create an account for their child and track receptive and expressive language skills from 2 months to 36 months of age. "By allowing parents a private and secure way to monitor their child's language development and track growth each month, they can address any concerns they may have as well as receiving valuable, detailed information to take to their pediatrician or speech language pathologist, should an issue ever arise," stated Gilkerson. "This is very significant since early intervention is essential in addressing any language delay or disorder."

Gilkerson collaborated with speech-language pathologists to create this 52-question survey, which measures expressive and receptive language skills and provides an estimate of a child's developmental age from 2 months to 36 months. The Developmental Snapsh
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