The present thesis addresses the theme of human resources training forBrazilian Special Education, focusing on the understanding, problematization, andanalysis of the qualification of Brazilian professionals to work in the field of SpecialEducation, which took place in the United States of America (USA) in the late1970s. The research focuses on the master s level course conducted at the GeorgePeabody College for Teacher. The subjects of the investigation are the graduates ofthe mentioned course. Semi-structured interviews, documentary analysis, and theliterature review were integrated into the methodological procedures. The researchhas a historiographical character: events in the history of Brazilian SpecialEducation were analyzed in the context of the general education system in thecountry and with aspects of international Special Education. The analyzed dataallow identifying the George Peabody College for Teachers as a recognizedinstitution for training in the field of Special Education. The master s degree wascarried out over a period of one year, with theoretical and practical disciplines, fullyfunded by the Brazilian government. The graduates were teachers from publiceducational institutions, representatives from education departments, andundergraduate students in Pedagogy. Upon returning to Brazil, they began workingas professors and researchers at the higher education level, in qualification courses,undergraduate and postgraduate programs and participated in the constitution andconsolidation of Brazilian Special Education. The training for Special Education inthe 1970s followed the norms for the pedagogy course, being inserted in theeducational reforms of the period. As a result of the obtained outcomes, we arguethat the training conducted at the George Peabody College for Teachers played aconstitutive role in the professional trajectories of the graduates and in theconsolidation of Brazilian Special Education. We also point to the need for studiesthat investigate training programs carried out from the late 1970s onward to prepareprofessionals for Special Education, in order to highlight continuities and rupturesin the policies adopted by Brazilian authorities in this field.