This literature review discusses the importance of proper transition support for students in special education and the correlation between their postsecondary success. The transition from K-12 to postsecondary education is essential to student success after graduating from high school and completing higher education programs. Students who need a proper transition from high school by not identifying adequate support in the following deficits: academic, social-emotional, adaptive skills, life skills, and self-advocacy are less likely to complete a graduate program successfully. One of the significant areas in which students need to be adequately supported is to help them become aware of their deficits and learn how to self-advocate for their needs in higher education to succeed. Self-advocacy is a critical skill that a student with learning disabilities must master to complete a higher education program. Self-advocacy skills need to be taught to students as they transition to postsecondary education because students are no longer protected under K-12 laws and have a team of supported individuals to advocate for their needs. Once students graduate from high school, they no longer have a team of advocates in higher education programs to oversee their needs. Laws that once protected them no longer protect them, and the services once provided are no longer part of their new plan. Therefore, these students need to learn how to advocate for themselves. The laws protecting students with disabilities in higher education institutions require self-advocacy to acquire services. When students graduate from high school without the proper transition procedures and skills, they are not able to self-advocate for the services they need to be successful. Therefore, educating students and teaching them skills to learn how to self-advocate becomes a crucial component of student transition planning and implementation. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]