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 PUBLIC LAW 105-17^JUNE 4, 1997 111 STAT. 147 intervention, educational, and transitional results for children with disabilities; "(D) assisting such parents in the development of skills to participate effectively in the education and development of their children and in the transitions described in section 674(b)(3)(C); and "(E) supporting the roles of such parents as participants within partnerships seeking to improve early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families. "(4) Providers of parent training and information activities need to ensure that such parents who have limited access to services and supports, due to economic, cultural, or linguistic barriers, are provided with access to appropriate parent training and information activities. "(5) Parents of children with disabilities need information that helps the parents to understand the rights and responsibilities of their children under part B. "(6) The provision of coordinated technical assistance and dissemination of information to State and local agencies, institutions of higher education, and other providers of services to children with disabilities is essential in— "(A) supporting the process of achieving systemic change; "(B) supporting actions in areas of priority specific to the improvement of early interventicm, educational, and transitional results for children with disabilities; "(C) conveying information and assistance that are— "(i) based on current research (as of the date the information and assistance are conveyed); "(ii) accessible and meaningful for use in supporting systemic-change activities of State and local partnerships; and "(iii) linked directly to improving early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families; and "(D) organizing systems and information networks for such information, based on modern technology related to— "(i) storing and gaining access to information; and "(ii) distributing information in a systematic manner to parents, students, professionals, and policy- makers. "(7) Federal support for carrying out technology research, technology development, and educational media services and activities has resulted in major innovations that have significantly improved early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities and their families. "(8) Such Federal support is needed— "(A) to stimulate the development of software, interactive learning tools, and devices to address early intervention, educational, and transitional needs of children with disabilities who have certain disabilities; "(B) to make information available on technology research, technology development, and educational media

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