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Loss experiences of special education teachers from deaths of students with severe disabilities

Park Mee Jung 1 Park Kyung Ran 2

1위덕대학교
2세한대학교

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ABSTRACT

To analyze the loss experiences of special education teachers from deaths of students with severe disabilities, data were collected via individual interviews with six special education teachers who had experienced the loss. The interviews were performed in a setting where the interviewees could explain their experiences as naturally as possible, and were semi-structured to maximize the amount of information earned. Interviews were tape-recorded under each interviewee’s agreement, and the recorded interviews were analyzed by taking open coding of grounded theoretic approach through transcription. As results, first, the special education teachers reacted to their students’deaths with various emotional responses including a shock from unexpectedness of an incident, an evasion of the fact, and an insensitivity. Second, the teachers experienced many different changes such as accepting the reality in an affirmative attitude for a new life. Third, they came to understand the reality of special education, and mentioned on a need for a support system for the application of diverse education methods for students with severe disabilities to overcome the reality.

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