This is an ongoing research project. Participants participated in a survey as part of the experience as well and Ann will share her findings once compiled and analyzed! While teachers are able to predict family priorities and stressors to some degree, they also have some mistaken assumptions. For example, teachers think that family issues (such as sibling rivalry, marital difficulties, single parenting) are highly stressful but families do not. (My guess is this is just their day to day life). Families say dealing with children’s behaviors is highly stressful but teachers did not list this as stressful for families.
This is a PDF version of Dr. Epstein’s PowerPoint used in her presentation at the November 2012 IMC Conference.
