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Working Conditions and Special Educators' Reading Instruction for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Mathews, Hannah Morris; Lillis, Jennifer L.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Peyton, David J.; Pua, Daisy; Oblath, Rachel; Jones, Nathan D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Sutton, Rachel – Exceptional Children, 2021
Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators' reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators' reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities
Working Conditions and Special Educators' Reading Instruction for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Morris Mathews, Hannah; Lillis, Jennifer L.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Peyton, David J.; Pua, Daisy; Oblath, Rachel; Jones, Nathan D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Sutton, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2021
Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators' reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators' reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities
Special Educators' Working Conditions, Self-Efficacy, and Practices Use with Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
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Cumming, Michelle M.; O'Brien, Kristen Merrill; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Bettini, Elizabeth – Remedial and Special Education, 2021
Students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings depend on special educators to deliver high-quality instruction and behavior management, and special educators depend on administrators to create supportive working environments. Yet, to date, no studies have examined how working conditions relate to special educators'…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Special Education Teachers
Special Educators' Working Conditions in Self-Contained Settings for Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: A Descriptive Analysis
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O'Brien, Kristen Merrill; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Cumming, Michelle M.; Ragunathan, Maalavika; Sutton, Rachel – Exceptional Children, 2019
Special education teachers (SETs) who teach students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings are often less qualified, more stressed and burned out, and more likely to leave teaching than other SETs, resulting in a less effective workforce teaching students with significant behavioral and academic needs. Working…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Self Contained Classrooms, Emotional Disturbances
Predicting Special Educators' Intent to Continue Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in Self-Contained Settings
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Bettini, Elizabeth; Cumming, Michelle M.; O'Brien, Kristen Merrill; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Ragunathan, Maalavika; Sutton, Rachel; Chopra, Akash – Exceptional Children, 2020
Schools experience difficulty retaining special educators to serve students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings, as they have higher rates of burnout and attrition than other educators. Administrators could prevent these outcomes by improving working conditions, but research provides limited insights into which…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Intention, Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Special Educators' Experiences of Roles and Responsibilities in Self-Contained Classes for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
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Bettini, Elizabeth; Wang, Jun; Cumming, Michelle; Kimerling, Jenna; Schutz, Sarah – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
Cultivating and retaining special educators competent to serve students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs) has proven persistently difficult. Improving educational systems' capacity to meet this challenge will require better understanding of the roles special educators in these settings should be prepared for and supported to fulfill.…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Self Contained Classrooms, Teacher Attitudes, Emotional Disturbances
Voices of Special Educators Teaching Students with Emotional Disturbances (ED): Examining the Marginalized of the Marginalized
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Ruich, Lawrence Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative study examines the identities of three secondary special education teachers in self-contained classrooms. Nationally, there is a serious shortage of special educators interested in and successful working with students exhibiting emotional and behavioral disorders. An understanding of teacher identity and the personal and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Secondary School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Self Contained Classrooms
The Lived Experiences of Teachers of Students with Emotional Behavior Disorder
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Bell, Sheneka L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain an understanding of teacher attrition among the emotional and behavior disorder (EBD) student population within a self-contained environment through the lived experiences of former EBD teachers. Attrition among special education teachers has been a perennial issue. Special education teacher…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Teacher Persistence, Behavior Disorders, Teaching Conditions