The Effects of Special Education Category and Type of Training on Job Burnout in Special Education Teachers

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between job bumout and several variables, including special education category of the teachers' students, training background, age, and years of experience. A sample of 181 special education teachers participated in the survey. Special education category, training background, and teachers' age were significantly related to job bumout levels. A profile of the special educator "at risk" for job burnout is a younger teacher with undergraduate training in special education who teaches in a resource room or a classroom for students identified as behaviorally disordered.