Recognising and developing ability / David Etheridge -- Educational assessment of deafblind learners / Stuart Aitken -- Rebound therapy as a method of developing and assessing communication / Ruth Farrow -- Objects of reference / Marion McLarty -- Multi-sensory rooms and dual sensory impairment : use and design / Richard Hirstwood -- The educational benefits of reflexology for children with dual sensory impairments / Sylvia Povey and David Etheridge -- Working with families of dual sensory impaired children : a professional perspective / June Allen -- The training and role of intervenors in one region of Britain / Jonathan Griffiths -- A consortium approach to staff development / John Kaye and Keith Humphreys -- Coals to Newcastle : enriching and extending educational provision through regionalisation / David Etheridge