Jerry Webster Special Education Expert Education M.Ed., Special Education, West Chester University B.A., Elementary Education, University of Pittsburgh Introduction An educator with 20 years of classroom setting experienceFocuses on special education and autistic studentsHighly regarded as a special education expert Experience Jerry Webster is a former writer for ThoughtCo who wrote articles about special education for more than six years. Webster has more than 20 years of background working as a teacher with a specialization in special education. He worked with middle school and primary aged autistic students in a self-contained learning program setting. Jerry also worked with students with other learning disabilities and co-taught as part of a full-inclusion classroom setting using student push-in methodologies. Webster's work for ThoughtCo is highly regarded and republished or referenced on numerous educational and autism spectrum websites. His writing focuses on providing practical, research-based methodologies. Webster also contributes pieces to WrongPlanet.net. He has teaching credentials in five states, and additional certification designations in reading and Autism education. Education Jerry Webster earned a Master in Education (M.Ed.) in Special Education at the West Chester University. He also holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Pittsburgh and a post-baccalaureate certificate in Autism from Penn State University. Awards and PublicationsAn Autism Anthropologist In Need Of Help: Special Education And Autism (WrongPlanet.net, 2012) ThoughtCo and Dotdash Meredith ThoughtCo, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is an award-winning reference site offering education content created by experts. ThoughtCo reaches 13 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines. Read more from Jerry Webster The Gold Standard for Special Education Teachers Generalization Is the Ability to Use Skills Across Environments What Is the Concept of Regular Education? Communicate With Special Education Parents Dolch High Frequency Cloze Activities ABC: Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence Fantasy Christmas Shopping Lesson Plan Behavior Versus Classroom Management How Scribing Is Used to Assist Children With Writing Problems Subitizing: A Skill That Leads to Strong Number Sense First Grade Cloze Activities for Dolch High-Frequency Words Anecdotal Records as a Foundation for Behavior Intervention A Behavior Contract and Behavior Monitoring Tools Anecdotal Evidence Visual Schedules for Students with Disabilities IEP Math Goals for Operations in the Primary Grades Dolch High-Frequency Word Cloze Activities Hundred Charts Teach Skip Counting, Place Value, and Multiplication Understanding Text Features in Non-Fiction Proxemics, the Study of Personal Space Counting Mats Help Build a Foundation of Understanding for Division Free Printable Dolch Data Forms — Checklists Primary Education: Teaching Number Sense With Ten Frames A Home Note Program to Support Positive Behavior