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The Difference Between Accommodations and Modifications

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In this video, special education expert Lee Ann Jung outlines the essential difference between accommodations and modifications. Dr. Jung explains that accommodations change how different students learn the same content, while modifications change what students are expected to learn, thereby altering the learning goal

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Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms

Your Students, My Students, Our Students explores the hard truths of current special education practice and outlines five essential disruptions to the status quo. Authors Lee Ann Jung, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Julie Kroener show you how to

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