Paul Cooper is a chartered psychologist and professor of education and is Director if the School of Education and the Centre for Innovation in Raising Educational Achievement at the University of Leicester. Yonca Tiknaz is a research associate at the Centre for Raising Educational Achievement at the University of Leicester, where she also lectures in Research Methods for the School of Education.

I would recommend this as a useful book for all Educational Psychology Service libraries and, if you can, get schools, who are nurturing, innovative and who put the emotional health of their children and families before results, to read it too.

• Preface. 1. Nurture Groups. 2. A Nurture Group in Action. 3. What School Staff Say About Nurture Groups. 4. Carers, Children and Nurture Groups. 5. How Are Students Selected for Placement in a Nurture Group?. 6. Do Nurture Groups Work? Existing Research on Nurture Groups. 7. Involving Carers in Nurture Groups. 8. A Model for Analysing Problem Situations: S.A.L.A.D. 9. What Makes a Successful Nurture Group?. 10. Conclusion: Key Pointers for Practitioners. Subject index. Author index.The `Innovative Learning for All' seriesThe `Innovative Learning for All' series features accessible books that reveal how schools and educators can meet the needs of vulnerable students, encouraging them to engage in learning and to feel confident in the classroom. Grounded in the latest innovative practice and research, these books offer positive guidance on improving the educational standards for all children by ensuring the most vulnerable are supported.

Paul Cooper is a chartered psychologist and professor of education and is Director if the School of Education and the Centre for Innovation in Raising Educational Achievement at the University of Leicester. Yonca Tiknaz is a research associate at the Centre for Raising Educational Achievement at the University of Leicester, where she also lectures in Research Methods for the School of Education.

I would recommend this as a useful book for all Educational Psychology Service libraries and, if you can, get schools, who are nurturing, innovative and who put the emotional health of their children and families before results, to read it too.

• Preface. 1. Nurture Groups. 2. A Nurture Group in Action. 3. What School Staff Say About Nurture Groups. 4. Carers, Children and Nurture Groups. 5. How Are Students Selected for Placement in a Nurture Group?. 6. Do Nurture Groups Work? Existing Research on Nurture Groups. 7. Involving Carers in Nurture Groups. 8. A Model for Analysing Problem Situations: S.A.L.A.D. 9. What Makes a Successful Nurture Group?. 10. Conclusion: Key Pointers for Practitioners. Subject index. Author index.The `Innovative Learning for All' seriesThe `Innovative Learning for All' series features accessible books that reveal how schools and educators can meet the needs of vulnerable students, encouraging them to engage in learning and to feel confident in the classroom. Grounded in the latest innovative practice and research, these books offer positive guidance on improving the educational standards for all children by ensuring the most vulnerable are supported.