The purpose of this essay is to find out how two schools work with newly arrived children and to see how they differ. There is a lack of national directives for those who work with newly arrived children and teenagers; this makes the introduction very different between schools.

The study is qualitative, based on interviews with four teachers in two different compulsory schools. One school is situated in a suburb of Stockholm and the other one is situated in a minor community in Dalarna. One schools got a preparatory class for newly immigrated pupils and the other school doesn’t.

The theoretical frame that I have chosen to analyse these interviews are literature and research on Bilingualism, Children with PTSD, Intercultural Pedagogy and Special Pedagogy

My results also show that these schools work very differently, and that there is very little co-operation within the school and with the units around the school, regarding these children. Major parts of the work end up on the teachers and they feel insufficient. My results also show that it is very important for teachers in schools to have an intercultural sensibility when relating to the pupils and their families.