Coping Strategies and the Impact of Challenging Behaviors on Special Educators' Burnout.

Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony

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ERIC Number: EJ647122

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Coping Strategies and the Impact of Challenging Behaviors on Special Educators' Burnout.

Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony

Mental Retardation, v40 n2 p148-56 Apr 2002

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 55 teachers and support staff at special schools for children with mental retardation found that use of maladaptive coping strategies for challenging behaviors constitutes a risk for staff burnout and this risk is in addition to that associated with exposure to challenging behavior. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation, Special Education Teachers, Special Schools, Stress Management, Teacher Burnout

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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