Burn out and Occupational Stress Amoung Speical Educators Working for Children with Hearning, Visual and Intellectual Disability: A Comparative Study
Journal Title: Journal of Disability Management and Rehabilitation - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Background:Special educators apart from administrative jobs are required to prepare specifically tailored training programmes to cater to the individualized needs and problems of children with disabilities. These needs may be educational, recreational, emotional, social and physical. While doing so they may experience stress and burnout. Objective: This paper outlines the level of occupational stress and burn out amongst the special educators in the school for children with intellectual disability and school for children with hearing and visual disability. Sample:Atotal of 47 special educators from both schools for children with intellectual disability and hearing and visual disability were taken up as a sample for this study. Design:This is a descriptive study in which comparative design has been used. Tool:Maslach Burnout Inventory developed by Maslach and Jackson (1981) was used to assess burnout and the Occupational Stress Index developed by Srivastava and Singh, (1981) was used to measures the extent of stress which employees perceive, arising from various conditions of their job. Results: The data was analysed using both descriptive (mean and SD) and in herency methods (t- test). The results showed that there were significant differences in the occupational stress and burn out among the teachers of both schools. Conclusion: Occupational stress and burn out was found to be significantly higher among the special educators of school for children with intellectual disability as compared to the ones in school for children with hearing and visual disability.
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Hardeep Kaur
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