¶ … Occupational Stress for Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders" by Nelson and company discusses the increased associated risk of stress attributed to teachers working with students who have emotional and behavioral disorders. The article reviews the fact that occupational stress among teachers working with this particular demographic is most certainly greater than the average stress associated with the teaching profession.
The literature review goes on to discuss the increasing need for special education teachers, and the difficulty schools are having in "retaining these professionals." This article is important to the body of stress research in teaching as it points out the severe deficiency of teachers working in the special education sector; specifically the article notes that teachers working in this arena are more likely to leave their jobs than others because of the high stress associated with this line of work.
Generally job satisfaction in this field was associated with more experience. This study effectively surveyed a population of 415 teachers working with the EBD population, and also gathered an 83% return rate for survey respondents, indicating a strong correlation between findings, reporting and methodology. To its benefit the survey also incorporated the following variables: working conditions, perceived ability to work with EBD children and demographic characteristics. The methodology used was extremely beneficial to overall conclusions and suppositions.
This article contributes to a great body of already existing information that points out that teacher stress, particularly that associated with working with emotionally handicapped or special needs populations, is extremely stress inducing and demanding.
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