Giving support to parents of children with special needs is a topic that is in focus of large number of professional and academic studies. In order to adequately recognize the rights of parents it is necessary to raise awareness of the society when it comes to problems and difficulties with which parents are faced every day. In order to achieve that goal it is necessary to explore areas that are considered to be risky and in those - parents should be provided with support. In this paper different ways of giving educational and social support to parents of children with special needs are presented, in addition the paper includes description of projects focusing on support to parents of children with special needs that had been implemented in Croatia. Besides projects, which turned out to be very successful, theoretical and legitimate models of giving support, which are basis for further improvement of that area, are also analyzed. Although systems for giving support are still not well coordinated, parents try to improve their position through associations and their own activism. Educational and social support for parents of children with special needs is still developing and the goal is to organize timely and effective help to all parents that raise children with special needs.