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The value of workshops on psychological flexibility for early childhood special education staff

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Biglan, Anthony, Layton, Georgia L., Jones, Laura Backen, Hankins, Martin, Rusby, Julie C.·2013·Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

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High stress and burnout are common for early childhood special educators, contributing to high rates of attrition, diminished educational effectiveness, and high turnover. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a promising approach for the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of problems. Using a randomized wait-list control design, this pilot study evaluated whether ACT workshops delivered to preschool teachers who serve children with developmental disabilities would improve stress-related problems of teachers (i.e., stress, depression, and burnout) and increase collegial support. At pretest, measures of experiential avoidance (EA) and mindful awareness (MA) showed significant relationships to reports of depression, stress, and burnout. The intervention reduced staff members’ EA, increased teachers’ MA and valued living (VL), and improved teachers’ sense of efficacy. This suggests that ACT workshops can help influence factors affecting depression, stress, and burnout in an early childhood special education setting.

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Authors
Biglan, A., Layton, G. L., Jones, L. B., Hankins, M., & Rusby, J. C.
Affiliations
  • Oregon Research Institute (US)
  • Early Education Program, Eugene, OR, USA
Venue
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
Published
2011-11-03
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
196-210
ISSN
  • 0271-1214 (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4845
OpenAlex
W2051962197
Cited by
98
References
83
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2.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (P30DA018760, R01DA019037)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD060922)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
Keywords
acceptance and commitment therapy, psychological flexibility, early childhood special education, preschool teachers, teacher burnout, teacher stress, depression, experiential avoidance, mindful awareness, valued living, teacher self-efficacy, collegial support, developmental disabilities

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