Specialist in Education, Miami University, 2005, School Psychology

This paper examined how the advocacy movement leading up to the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-142) succeeded. Extensive interviews were conducted with key players in this movement and findings were triangulated with the literature to generate a more comprehensive schema of the factors involved in the passage of P.L. 94-142. The P.L. 94-142 schema was then compared and contrasted with advocacy schemas from other landmark movements to highlight the unique nature of this movement and to illustrate that different movements require different advocacy schemas. This paper also presents limitations and recommendations for future research and practices.

Committee: Doris Bergen (Advisor) Subjects: Education, Special