“…Despite working in partnership with the one FDC scheme for years prior to the trial, and including educators at every stage of developing the Thrive program, the intervention sample was smaller than anticipated and skewed towards educators who were more highly qualified. In a previous study, we demonstrated that almost all educators reported that they needed to increase their knowledge about children's social and emotional wellbeing (Davis et al, 2015), and they indicated that they would be keen to be a part of a new program. When it came time to recruit however, many reported that they were too busy to attend the workshops.…”