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The purpose of this research is to determine what teachers and school managers know, do, responsibilities, problems they encounter, and solutions recommendations in the process of the transition to the business life of individuals with mental disability. Research data were collected from 17 professional teachers and 10 school managers working in the Special Education Business Application Centers and Special Education Professional Training Centers in the 2016-2017 educational year. The research method has been used. The research data was obtained by comparing semi-configured interview questions and data obtained from the checklist. The study found that the teachers and school managers who work in the schools in which individuals with mental disability were educated did not have any information about the transition, transition service plan, and did not do any work on this. Teachers and school managers have found that they are faced with problems such as the failure to ensure the transition to the business life, the failure to realize the professional practice, the lack of material, the failure to cooperate. The findings obtained have come to the conclusion that individual transition services plans should be prepared in the transition to the business life of individuals with mental disability discussed within the relevant literature.