Ill STAT. 138 PUBLIC LAW 105-17—JUNE 4, 1997 "(A) Model demonstration projects to apply and test research findings in typical service settings to determine the usability, effectiveness, and general applicability of such research findings in such areas as improving instructional methods, curricula, and tools, such as textbooks and media. "(B) Demonstrating and applying research-based findings to facilitate systemic changes, related to the provision of services to children with disabilities, in policy, procedure, practice, and the training and use of personnel. "(C) Promoting and demonstrating the coordination of early intervention and educational services for children with disabilities with services provided by health, rehabilitation, and social service agencies. "(D) Identifying and disseminating solutions that overcome systemic barriers to the effective and efficient delivery of early intervention, educational, and transitional services to children with disabilities. " (d) IMPROVING THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support activities, consistent with the objectives described in subsection (a), that improve the use of professional knowledge, including activities that support State systemicchange and local capacity-building and improvement efforts. "(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— Activities that may be carried out under this subsection include activities such as the following: "(A) Synthesizing useful research and other information relating to the provision of services to children with disabilities, including effective practices. "(B) Analyzing professional knowledge bases to advance an understanding of the relationships, and the effectiveness of practices, relating to the provision of services to children with disabilities. "(C) Ensuring that research and related products are in appropriate formats for distribution to teachers, parents, and individuals with disabilities. "(D) Enabling professionals, parents of children with disabilities, and other persons, to learn about, and implement, the findings of research, and successful practices developed in model demonstration projects, relating to the provision of services to children with disabilities. "(E) Conducting outreach, and disseminating information relating to successful approaches to overcoming systemic barriers to the effective and efficient delivery of early intervention, educational, and transitional services, to personnel who provide services to children with disabilities. "(e) BALANCE AMONG ACTIVITIES AND AGE RANGES.— In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that there is an appropriate balance— "(1) among knowledge production, integration of research and practice, and use of professional knowledge; and "(2) across all age ranges of children with disabilities. "(f) APPLICATIONS. — An eligible entity that wishes to receive a grant, or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement, under
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