IEP Accommodations for Early Readers With Language-Based Learning Disabilities
IEPs teach missing skills while 504 plans just remove barriers—and the difference is crucial.
Staff Writer
Camille Osei-Bonsu holds a master's in developmental psychology from the University of Michigan and previously researched early numeracy at a nonprofit child development institute. She writes about the science of how young children build mathematical thinking, from counting strategies to spatial reasoning.
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