A New Role for the Psychologist?

Mel Ainscow, headteacher of Castle School, a day ESN(M) school in Walsall, and David Tweddle, educational psychologist in Walsall's Psychological Services, discuss the educational psychologist's role in the ESN(M) school     

Linking Home and Residential School

Dean Colledge headteacher, Town Thorns School, and Cecilia Wood, Rathbone home/school worker, describe a pioneering project designed to improve home/school links in this residential ESN(M) school in Easenhall, Rugby     

Looking at Teachers' Perceptions

An example of teacher-based research in an ESN(S) school which could encourage other teachers to plan small scale research projects, is given by Dr Ann Hackney, research officer, Department of Educational Studies, Oxford University     

Reversing a Sentence for Life

How selected children are returned stage by stage to mainstream education from the Castle School for ESN(M) children in Walsall, is described by Janet Bond, headteacher, and Ann Lewis, deputy head at the school     

An Appraisal of Mixed Ability Teaching

Neville Jones, principal educational psychologist Mike Burnham, senior adviser for special education, and Clare Coles, area educational psychologist, Oxfordshire education authority, describe an experiment in mixed ability teaching with ESN(M) and ESN(S) children in Abingdon     

Who Involves Whom?

Involving parents in the education of their ESN(M) children can be a challenge. Below, the heads of contrasting ESN(M) schools discuss the problems. The first is Clifford Ward, of Bradford Grange School, Manchester     

RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT

An Evaluation of an EDY Course in Behaviour Modification Techniques for Teachers and Care Staff in an ESN(S) School     

'Friday: All afternoon. Art Workshop'

Chrysse Robinson, who teaches in the leavers' unit for ESN(M) children at St Christopher's School, Lincoln, describes their ongoing project on the development of the cathedral city     

Teaching Number Conservation

A successful way of teaching an understanding of the conservation of quantity to an ESN(S) boy of 16 is described by Dr Caroline M. Lister, educational psychologist, Staffordshire County Council     

基于 ESN 神经网络的网络安全态势感知预测

针对现有网络安全技术不能准确地对网络未来安全态势进行预测的问题,提出一种基于回声状态网络(ESN)进行态势预测的方法。对数据量庞大的安全态势值,利用回声状态网络可有效处理非线性系统辨识以及混沌时间序列预测问题。实验表明,由于训练简单,可根据不同网络环境自动优化网络参数,且算法本身在混沌时间序列预测方面的先天优势,使得 ESN 算法比传统神经网络方法在网络态势预测准确率方面有明显改善。     

Survey of ESN(M) Children in Cheshire

Cheshire Education Authority's attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of its provision for ESN(M) children included the survey discussed here by Eric Shearer, Staff Adviser for Special Education for Cheshire     

Experimenting with Trident

Paul Holland, headmaster of Deerswood School, Crawley, Sussex, and Ivan Paine, area coordinator for the Trident Project, describe work experience provision for the ESN(M) pupil     

The Paget-Gorman Sign System

Jacqueline Rowe, chief speech therapist, Meldreth Manor School, Royston, Hertfordshire, describes the system which has enabled some ESN(S) pupils to reach a language level of five years and to learn to read     

Mathematics and Slow Learners

A taped method of teaching elementary mathematical concepts to ESN(M) children in the classroom is described by Renée Berrill, lecturer in education, School of Education, Newcastle University     

Sex Education Surveyed

A survey of over 200 special schools in England and Wales Geoffrey Watson principal lecturer in special education. King Alfred's College, Winchester, suggests that sex education is increasingly prominent in the curriculum of ESN(M) schools     

How Can We Involve the Parents?

Annual progress report interviews, parent workshops, social activities like discos and picnics are among the means suggested by Wendy Robinson who now teaches at Five Springs ESN(M) School, Luton, Bedfordshire     

Education Without Understanding?

Will history applaud our early attempts to teach ESN(S) children? Education needs to be more than activity and 'product-centred' teaching, argues Dr Roy McConkey, senior research officer, St Michael's House, Dublin     

Are We Unrealistic About Jobs?

Employment prospects for ESN(M) leavers in the late Seventies are less promising than they used to be, warns Dr Robin Jackson, senior lecturer in special education at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester     

Pioneering at Park Lane

Leon Sanders, lecturer in charge of the course, Park Lane College of Further Education, and Peter Watson, Department of Adult Education, Leeds University, describe a course for ESN(S) students     

Aims, Objectives and ESN(S) Children

A step by step approach to the teaching of ESN(S) children is described by John Presland, principal educational psychologist and senior adviser for special education, Wiltshire, and Gareth Roberts, headteacher, Exeter House School, Salisbury