High Leverage Practices for Inclusive Classrooms

High Leverage Practices for Inclusive Classrooms offers a set of practices that are integral to the support of student learning, and that can be systematically taught, learned, and implemented by those entering the teaching profession.In this third edition, chapters have been fully updated to reflect changes in the field since its original publication and feature all new examples illustrating the use of HLPs and incorporating culturally responsive practices. This edition also includes a new section on how HLPs are best used to support multiple groups of educational personnel.Focused primarily on Tiers 1 and 2—or work that mostly occurs with students with mild to moderate disabilities in general education classrooms—this powerful, research-based resource provides rich, practical information highly suitable for teachers, and additionally useful for teacher educators and teacher preparation programs.

Margaret P. Weiss is Professor in the Division of Special Education and disAbility Research at George Mason University.Melinda Leko is Professor and Director at the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida.Timothy J. Lewis is Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Special Education, Director of the University of Missouri Center for School-wide Positive Behavior Support, and Co-director of the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).Bonnie Billingsley is Professor of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Tech. She teaches in both the teacher preparation and doctoral programs at Virginia Tech.James McLeskey is Emeritus Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida