Whitney Idol

Whitney Idol teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in both the special education and early childhood special education programs. Her interests include students with emotional and behavioral disorders, behavioral crisis intervention, policy in special education, and teacher preparation. Dr. Idol’s areas of research include crisis interventions in the instructional setting, behavioral interventions, and teacher preparation practices.

Idol has worked as a special education teacher, behavioral consultant, and crisis intervention specialist/trainer. Additional experiences include teaching and supervising pre-service teachers. She has presented at national conferences including; Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), CEC-Teacher Education Division (TED), Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP, DOE), and American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).