This study examined the relationship between job bumout and several variables, including special education category of the teachers' students, training background, age, and years of experience. A sample of 181 special education teachers participated in the survey. Special education category, training background, and teachers' age were significantly related to job bumout levels. A profile of the special educator "at risk" for job burnout is a younger teacher with undergraduate training in special education who teaches in a resource room or a classroom for students identified as behaviorally disordered.
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