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ERIC Number: EJ302827
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Learned Helplessness: A Piece of the Burnout Puzzle.
Greer, John G.; Wethered, Chris E.
Exceptional Children, v50 n6 p524-30 Apr 1984
The article uses learned helplessness as a model for better understanding burnout experienced by teachers of exceptional children. Comparisons are made between the treatment for learned helplessness and parallel strategies for preventing burnout, including helping educators to set realistic goals and recognize the control which they do have. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Helplessness, Teacher Burnout
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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