The interviewed Courtney Angelosante, a lecturer in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, about increased behavioral problems among students and stress among teachers this school year. 鈥淲e aren鈥檛 in the same place we were two years ago, but now we are asked to respond to a series of stresses that are very severe,鈥 said Angelosante, also the Positive Behavior Intervention Supports state coordinator for the state Department of Education, 鈥淚t鈥檚 probably the worst I鈥檝e seen as a behavior analyst, and we are doing that with a diminished workforce, an extreme special education shortage across the state, we are doing more with less staff.鈥
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