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Peer reviewedNichols, Amy Sloan; Sosnowsky, Frances LaPlante – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2002
This study with 77 special education teachers examined degrees of burnout and number of heterogeneous disability categories, caseload size, and proportion of students with emotional impairments. Only the proportion of emotionally impaired students affected teacher burnout by increasing depersonalization. Burnout was also related to dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Mild Disabilities, Self Contained Classrooms
