Individualized education programs (IEP) is a planned version of the intervention services that will be applied intended for all development areas of children with special needs. In Special Education Regulation (2006) which is directly regarding the issues about special education in Turkey, includes issues such as preparing, applying and evaluating IEP, and including the family in the IEP team. Researchers (Allen, Cowdery, 2012; Pedrotty-Bryant, Deutsch-Smith, Bryant, 2008) mentioned that one of the main principles strengthening the IEP process is the participation of children’s family and argued that IEP process can’t function properly and the children can’t develop adequately without the participation of family. Thus, participation of families of the children in the of their children’s IEP process has vital importance. In this research opinions and suggestions on the participation of families of children with special needs in the process of IEP will be examined. The research is designated with descriptive approach depended on qualitative research. 10 mothers of children with special needs participated in the research and data was obtained via semi-structured interview method. Data was analyzed with inductive analysis technique. Findings obtained will be presented at the congress.