Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Social Work (DSW)

School

Social Work

Advisor

Yvonne M. Chase

Abstract

School social workers face domestic violence, trauma, social violence, and mental and emotional health problems in their work context. Indeed, compassion fatigue results from professionals’ continuous exposure to these problems. This study explored school social work professionals’ perceptions of compassion fatigue. For this, the following questions were explored:the perception of school social workers working for the Puerto Rico Department of Education about compassion fatigue.

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