Many teachers do not feel that their pre-service training adequately prepared them to manage and teach students with learning/behavioral challenges, a situation that often diminishes a teacher's sense of instructional self-efficacy. Researchers observe that many teachers with low self-efficacy skills in the classroom also have issues with their ability to teach students. Guided by Bandura's self-efficacy theory, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to document teachers' experiences and perceptions related to their professional pre-service training and whether they feel it has affected their confidence in being able to teach and manage students with disabilities. Using purposive sampling, 12 special education and general education novice teachers were recruited from a school district in mid-western Texas. Data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews and a focus group. The results indicated that all the special education teachers in elementary, middle, and high school claimed they received a variety of special education courses in their pre-services training/education that provided them with some of the tools in their teaching of students with disabilities in their classroom. Several elementary, middle, and high school teachers noted that a teacher needs self-confidence in their teaching if they will be effective in teaching students with disabilities in their classroom. All teachers noted that mentoring new teachers was important if school districts wanted to retain new teachers for a long time. Future research should expand the scope of the investigation to document the experiences and perceptions of novice special education teachers concerning their professional pre-service training and whether they feel it has affected their confidence in teaching and managing students with disabilities. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]