Understanding Special Educator Stress Through Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) (Poster 35)

• In Event: Sunday Poster Session 11:25 am
  In Poster Session: Special and Inclusive Education Research SIG Poster Session B

Abstract

Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) is a program for educators that centers on increasing wellbeing and decreasing stress. In a replication study currently being conducted, CARE has been modified for use with special education teachers (SETs). This poster focuses on pre-intervention qualitative and quantitative data collected from SETs in a southeastern state in the United States. This mixed methods analysis seeks to illuminate what factors impact special educators’ stress and contribute to burnout, as well as describe common workplace conditions that may impact their stress.

Authors

• Melia Brown, Pennsylvania State University

• Marisa DeCollibus, Pennsylvania State University

• Deborah L. Schussler, University at Albany - SUNY

• Andrew T. Roach, Georgia State University

• Catherine Jantzer, Pennsylvania State University

• Jennifer L. Frank, Pennsylvania State University