Introduction to Strengths-Based Coaching (Self-Study)

Beth Walker Wooten, M.Ed., C.E.D., LSLS Cert. AVT, is the Coordinator for Hearing First's Professional Learning Community. Beth has been teaching and learning from children with hearing loss and their parents for over 35 years, working in schools, clinics, homes, and through tele-intervention. She is currently a practicing LSL specialist, mentor, and educational consultant in private practice, with a zeal for coaching and mentoring aspiring LSL professionals. She lives with her husband and four sons in a testosterone cloud in Alabama.

Financial Disclosures: Beth Walker Wooten receives compensation from Hearing First as a Mentor, as Coordinator for the Professional Learning Community, and for teaching this course.

Non-financial Disclosures: She is a member of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the deaf and hard of hearing. She is also a mother of two sons with hearing loss.

Ashley S, Garber, M.S. CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT has spent the last 20+ years working to accelerate spoken language outcomes for children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing, both in clinical practice and through professional teaching and consulting activities. In her practice, LSL Learning Partners, LLC, she now focuses specifically on LSL mentoring, organizational consulting, and content development with an eye toward practical applications of LSL concepts. As a speaker and mentor, in her former role as educational consultant to the Cochlear Americas’ HOPE Program, and currently as a collaborator with HearingFirst.org, she has had the opportunity to lead and learn from professionals across the country as well as internationally.