Evaluati̇on of speci̇al educati̇on school teachers resi̇li̇ence levels and occupati̇onal soci̇al support levels i̇n terms of some vari̇ables

This study was conducted in order to examine of variables that influence special education school teachers' resilience and occupational social support levels. Sample of the study included 202 teachers working at public special education schools on European side of İstanbul in 2012-2013 academic year. According to data from the "Special Education and Guidance Services General Directorate", in the european side of İstanbul there are 36 special education schools. The data was collected by; in the first section "Demographic İnformation Form", in the second part " Resilience Scales for Adults", in the third part "Teacher Professional Social Support Scale". Research data was analyzed by SPSS for Windows 15.0 statistical software. In order to compare the binary group with normal distribution such as sex, marital status, t tests to compare the groups more than two within normal distribution ANOVA analyses were conducted . The results revealed the significant differences between mean scores of the participants' resilience scale scores according to gender, marital status, graduation subject and age. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the teachers' mean full scores of the "Teacher Professional Social Support Scale" Key Words: Resilience, professional social support, special education teacher, special education school.