Nurture groups are spreading rapidly throughout the UK. This updated edition is written in response to the support given by the DfEE to the Nurture Group project and the recognition by every major special needs policy document that they provide effective early intervention for children showing signs of emotional and behavioural difficulties. These small special classes can help withdrawn, fearful, aggressive or disruptive children to stay in mainstream education and succeed. Primary schools can cost-effectively enable children from damaging backgrounds to have real access to a full curriculum while meeting the requirements of the Code of Practice and the accepted principles of parental involvement and inclusive education. The work described has lessons for everybody concerned with children's educational success in the widest sense: teachers across the whole age range, policy makers and all those concerned with social justice.