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Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress And Burnout Of Teachers Who Work With Students Who Have Trauma Backgrounds, Rachael Larson
Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress And Burnout Of Teachers Who Work With Students Who Have Trauma Backgrounds, Rachael Larson
Culminating Projects in Special Education
Being an educator can be a very rewarding profession. Many choose this profession because they are passionate and dedicated about influencing and impacting the lives of others. Unfortunately, an increased number of students are being affected by trauma, which directly correlates to an increased number of teachers being at risk for developing compassion fatigue (National Child Traumatic Stress Network [NCTSN], 2011). More children are coming to school unprepared, yet our teachers are expected to provide emotional support, create a nurturing classroom environment, model emotion regulation, coach students through conflict resolution, manage challenging behaviors, while juggling the growing demands brought on …
Stress And Teacher Burnout: The Impact Of Mindfulness Strategies, Kelsey Milne
Stress And Teacher Burnout: The Impact Of Mindfulness Strategies, Kelsey Milne
Culminating Projects in Education Administration and Leadership
Teaching is a high-risk profession considering the impact it has on a teacher’s mental health (McLean & Connor, 2015). Since work-related stress can lead to job burnout, it is important for teachers to develop effective coping strategies to alleviate the high degree of burnout in the teaching occupation (Steinhardt, Jaggars, Faulk, & Gloria, 2011). Numerous studies pointed out the effectiveness, the ease of implementation and the cost-effective factor of mindfulness techniques to address stress and potential burnout (Abenavoli, Harris, Katz, Jennings, & Greenberg, 2014; Roeser, Skinner, Beers, & Jennings, 2012; Stanley, 2011; Winzelberg & Luskin, 1999). Mindfulness techniques have been …
Primary Factors Impacting Burnout In Special Education Teachers, Jenna Kulberg
Primary Factors Impacting Burnout In Special Education Teachers, Jenna Kulberg
Culminating Projects in Special Education
Many factors may lead to burnout of special education teachers. Teachers are faced with overwhelming caseloads, student behaviors, job duties, and a history that has been inconsistent with appropriate supports for students with special needs. The studies that were reviewed offered information that directly correlated with burnout. There was much focus on the three areas addressed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educator Survey (MBI-ES). The three areas of burnout according to this survey were emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishments. Studies completed showed tendencies towards the emotional exhaustion being directly related to the highest rate of reasons for burnout among special …