The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the psychological resilience and hopelessness levels of parents having children with special needs. In this study designed according to the relational survey model, the study group consists of 263 parents with children with special needs ( 146 mothers and 117 fathers). The "Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)", "Adult Psychological Resilience Scale" were used to collect the research data, and the personal information form prepared by the researcher to determine the socio-demographic information of the parents participating in the study. to the results of this study, the psychological resilience levels of the participants differed significantly according to the number of children with special needs and the education levels of the families. It was found that there is a significant negative correlation between families' hopelessness levels and psychological resilience levels.