SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC AND SCHOOL FACTORS THAT RELATE TO THE OCCUPATIONAL STRESS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

The purpose of this study was to examine the occupational stress experienced by elementary school, special education teachers in relationship to selected demographic and school factors: age, tenure in present position, type of exceptionality, mode of delivery as well as organizational support, professional task/role responsibility, personal coping capabilities, respectively. Additionally, the study sought to examine the occupational stress levels of the special education teachers. Participants included 71 elementary special education teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools (grades K-5). The Burnout Assessment Inventory and [adjusted] demographics response sheet (Clouse, 1982) was used to secure data on all variables. Statistical procedures used were the Correlational Analysis (Pearson r) and th