{"id":45,"date":"2024-10-29T19:08:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/sustain\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:22:16","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/sustain\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Services&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#C4E5DC&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||44px||false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;rgba(196,229,220,0.35)&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;24px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Research<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Service&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;gcid-946866d9-c2b9-4b1f-9c7c-a55f3a135378&#8243; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px|||||&#8221; top_divider_style=&#8221;wave2&#8243; top_divider_color=&#8221;#C4E5DC&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-946866d9-c2b9-4b1f-9c7c-a55f3a135378%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;60px||60px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;44px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;20px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Inter||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Project SUSTAIN is dedicated to developing effective, sustainable support for special education teachers working with students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD). 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/sustain\/files\/2025\/03\/2022_Cumming-Bettini-Brunsting_Ch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #666;\">In this chapter<\/a>, Co-PI Michelle Cumming and colleagues provide an overview of special education teachers\u2019 working conditions as well as associated teaching and learning outcomes.<br \/>\n<em>Citation: Cumming, M. M., Bettini, E., Brunsting, N. C., &amp; Theodore, S. (2022). Leveraging working conditions to improve the quality and effectiveness of the special education teacher workforce. In C. J. Lemons, S. Powell, &amp; K. L. Lane (Eds.), Handbook of special education research: Research based practices and intervention innovations. Routledge.<\/em>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Special Educators\u2019 Wellbeing, Burnout, and Engagement&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/sustain\/files\/2025\/03\/2023_Brunsting-Cumming-Garwood_Ch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #666;\">In this chapter<\/a>, PI Brunsting and colleagues review research on special educators\u2019 wellbeing and burnout, with particular attention to the role of working conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Citation: Brunsting, N. C., Cumming, M. M., Garwood, J. G., &amp; Uquiza, N. (2024). Special educators\u2019 wellbeing, burnout, and engagement. In E. McCray, E. Bettini, M. Brownnell, J. McLeskey, &amp; P. 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Routledge.<\/em>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Predicting Special Educators\u2019 Intent to Continue Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in Self-Contained Settings&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]In this empirical article, Co-PI Bettini and colleagues found that, for special educators teaching students with EBD in self-contained settings, less time planning outside of school, fewer paraeducators to manage, better access to curricular resources, and more homogeneous instructional groupings of students predicted more manageable workloads, less emotional exhaustion, and greater intent to continue teaching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citation: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bettini, E., Cumming, M., O\u2019Brien, K. 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(2020). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predicting special educators&#8217; intent to continue teaching students with emotional\/behavioral disorders in self-contained classes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exceptional Children, 86<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">209-228.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0014402919873556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #666;\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0014402919873556<\/span><\/a><\/em>[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Working Conditions and Burnout of Special Educators of Students with Emotional-Behavioral Disorders: Longitudinal Outcomes&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this empirical article, PI Brunsting and colleagues found that more protected planning time and higher administrative support in the fall predicted higher workload manageability and, in turn, lower burnout in the winter and spring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citation: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brunsting, N. C.,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bettini, E., Rock, M., Common, E. A., Royer, D. J., Lane, K. L., Xie, F., Chen, A., &amp; Zeng, F. (2023). Working conditions and burnout of special educators of students with EBD: Longitudinal Outcomes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teacher Education and Special Education.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">46<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1), 44-64.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/08884064221076159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #666;\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/08884064221076159<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=&#8221;Working Conditions and Special Educators\u2019 Reading Instruction for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; open=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this empirical article, Dr. Hannah Mathews and colleagues found that strong partnership dynamics with paraeducators, access to curricular materials, protected planning time, and clearly defined roles enhanced special educators\u2019 reading instruction for students with EBD.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citation: Mathews, H. 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