The purpose of this thesis was to identify paraeducators' feelings of compassion fatigue in their current positions. Also explored was the abundance of self-efficacy, compassion satisfaction, and burnout in paraeducators as a result of two protective factors: education and professional training. The findings of this study are presented in this chapter as they relate to previous research on paraeducators' risk of compassion fatigue. Data was collected and analyzed in March of 2011. This was a quantitative study that explored the relationship between paraeducators' education and training, (independent variables) and self-efficacy, compassion satisfaction, and burnout (dependent variables). The quantitative data from all surveys was analyzed. Correlation coefficients were used between variables to determine the statistical significance of each relationship. Overall, no statistically significant correlation between level of education, self-efficacy, and compassion satisfaction was represented by paraeducators. No statistically significant correlation between frequency of training, compassion satisfaction, and burnout was represented by paraeducators. A low statistically significant correlation was found between level of education and burnout, and a moderately low statistically significant correlation was found between frequency of training and self-efficacy.