Quest #3: CEC

Bookmark the Council for Exceptional Children’s High Leverage Practices website: www.highleveragepractices.org.

1. Locate the Resources page on their site. Download the following suggested resources into your HLP folder. Read them, too!

o TEACHING Exceptional Children: Big Ideas in Special Education: Specially Designed Instruction, High-Leverage Practices, Explicit Instruction, and Intensive Instruction

o TEACHING Exceptional Children: News From CEC: High-Leverage Practices in Special Education

2. Locate the Professional Development Guide page on their site.

o Peruse the downloadable guide High Leverage Practices in Special Education: A Professional Development Guide for School Leaders. The Guide is organized into three sections: Getting to Know HLPs, Sharing HLPs, and Reflecting on HLPs.

o How might this guide help you facilitate connections between SIM and HLPs in Special Education for your schools, your special education colleagues, and others?