High-Leverage Practices for Special Education
What We Do
STORMED Team Lead Michael Kennedy was a member of the workgroup that wrote the High-Leverage Practices for Special Education in coordination with the Office of Special Education Programs and other national agencies (https://ceedar.education.ufl.edu/hlps/) and is now producing a video series about the HLPs https://highleveragepractices.org/videos/.
Citations
McLeskey, J., Barringer, M-D., Billingsley, B., Brownell, M., Jackson, D., Kennedy, M., Lewis, T., Maheady, L., Rodriguez, J., Scheeler, M. C., Winn, J., & Ziegler, D. (2017, January). High-leverage practices in special education. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children & CEEDAR Center. © 2017 CEC & CEEDAR.
HLP Video Series
Kennedy, M. J., Cook, L., Morano, S., & Peeples, K. (2020). High-leverage practice #17: Use flexible grouping. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-4-3-4/
Kennedy, M. J., Cook, L., Morano, S., & Peeples, K. (2019). High-leverage practice #13: Adapt curriculum tasks & materials for specific learning goals. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-4-3-3/
Kennedy, M. J., Cook, L., Morano, S., & Peeples, K. (2019). High-leverage practice #20: Provide intensive instruction. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-4-3-2/
Kennedy, M. J., Peeples, K. N., Romig, J. E., Mathews, H. M., & Rodgers, W. J. (2018). Welcome to our new series on high leverage practices for special education. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-2/
Kennedy, M. J., Hirsch, S. E., Peeples, K. N., Romig, J. E., Mathews, H. M., & Rodgers, W. J. (2018). High-leverage practice #7: Establish a consistent, organized, and respectful learning environment. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-4/
Kennedy, M. J., Peeples, K. N., Romig, J. E., Mathews, H. M., & Rodgers, W. J. (2018). High leverage practice #8 & #22: Provide positive and constructive feedback to guide students’ learning and behavior. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-3/
Kennedy, M. J., Peeples, K. N., Romig, J. E., Mathews, H. M., Rodgers, W. J. (2018). High Leverage Practice #12: Systematically design instruction towards learning goals. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-4/
Kennedy, M. J., Peeples, K. N., Romig, J. E., Mathews, H. M., Rodgers, W. J. (2018). High Leverage Practice #16: Use Explicit Instruction. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2/
Kennedy, M. J., Peeples, K. N., Romig, J. E., Mathews, H. M., Rodgers, W. J. (2018). High Leverage Practice #18: Use strategies to promote active student engagement. https://highleveragepractices.org/701-2-5/
Additional HLP Content
Additional content from Kennedy related to the HLPs can be found on the SPED Intro website.
Project Team
Alumni: John Romig (University of Texas at Arlington), Kate Peeples (Illinois State)
