It Is Especially Important to Provide a Safe Learning Environment

question 29

Multiple Choice

It is especially important to provide a safe learning environment to students with special needs because:

• A) They do not always have well developed perceptual motor or sensory perceptual skills to allow them to detect or remove themselves from physical danger
• B) They are more likely to experience teasing and bullying
• C) Both options given here apply
• D) Neither option given here applies

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Definitions:

Synaptic Knob

The terminal button of a neuron that contains neurotransmitters and is involved in the transmission of signals to another neuron.

Receptor Sites

Three-dimensional proteins on the surface of the dendrites or certain cells of the muscles and glands, which are shaped to fit only certain neurotransmitters.

Resting Potential

The difference in electric charge between the inside and outside of a resting neuron's plasma membrane, critical for nerve impulse transmission.

Synapse

A synapse is the junction between two neurons or between a neuron and a muscle, where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted.