Dr. Whalen is an entrepreneur and education leader with more than 25 years experience in research, clinical practice, curriculum and instructional design, product development, and training educators, behavior analysts, psychologists, administrators, families, and students. She has developed and supervised home programs, educated and trained parents and teachers, consulted with school districts, taught college and graduate courses in psychology and education, presented at numerous conferences, participated in fund-raising activities for various autism organizations, and has published in several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Whalen is the Editor and author of the book Real Life, Real Progress and has worked on numerous technology-based solutions for children including programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and behavior management. She was one of the original founders of TeachTown and has worked as an innovator of new solutions for various companies including West Health, Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC), RethinkEd, and Elevo Learning.

Specialties: entrepreneur, research, psychology, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), clinical services, school consultation, team leadership, software design, grant writing, college and graduate teaching, writing, editing, product development and management, curriculum and instructional design