“…Varying reasons explain this lack of active participation at IEP transition planning meetings. For both parents and students, barriers include: (a) the use of educational jargon by service providers (deFur et al, 2001;Harry, 2008;Harry, Allen, & McLaughlin, 1995;Powers et al;Thoma et al); (b) gaps in student and parent knowledge about the process and the available options for transition services (Collet-Klingenberg, 1998); (c) a failure to create a welcoming environment or to seek input from students and families ( -A mother of a student receiving special education services Martin and colleagues (2004) collected posttransition IEP meeting surveys from 1,689 participants including parents, students, special and general educators, administrators, and related service providers. Students responded to the surveys in ways that indicated that they did not know the reasons for the IEP transition meeting, did not understand what was said at the meetings, and did not know what they needed to do next.…”