Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
JUST ONE CHANGE: Calling all MiSP trained Paws b and .b teachers. Send us your adaptations to Paws b or .b to share with the Hub community. As part of Make it Your Own (MiYO) we’d love to hear your ideas and any changes you are making to the .b and Paws b curricula. […]
Hear about the inspiring work of the team from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston as they share their experience of adapting .b for young adults experiencing homelessness for a research study in Houston, TX. The speakers from the University of Texas Health Science Center are Professor Diane M Santa Maria, Dean, […]
We are delighted to launch a series of new resources for MiSP Trained Teachers to support you in the classroom to Make it Your Own (MiYO) when you teach .b or Paws b. Hub members now have access to editable PowerPoints in the curricula they are trained in and we are sharing a new series […]
Dear MiSP Family, We are thinking of you all at this busy time and wishing you the peace and joy of the season, whatever you are doing over the holidays. Looking back over the year, we continue to feel huge gratitude for the ongoing dedication of education staff under increasingly difficult circumstances. We’re also incredibly thankful […]
We are delighted to announce that from September Faiy Rushton will be stepping into the role of Executive Director of the Mindfulness in Schools Project. Faiy has had a longstanding relationship with MiSP of over a decade, starting with her own training in 2013, becoming a valued trainer in 2015 and starting her current role […]
It’s with a mixture of sadness and joy that we wish Ben well for September, when he will be leaving his role at MiSP, as Head of Education and Training, and taking his many qualities and skills back into school as a primary Headteacher. Ben has been instrumental in shaping MiSP over the last […]
Supporting you as you develop your personal mindfulness practice The stage of development, following an eight week course, where you continue to develop your personal mindfulness practice, can feel a bit isolated if we don’t have other people around us who practice. It’s also a period of time where we might want to build on […]
Guest blog by Michiko Ashitani, Professor of Shiga University, Clinical psychologist, and mindfulness (MBSR) Teacher A project to promote mindfulness for Japanese children has been taking place in Japan for a number of years now, launched by Michiko Ashitani (Professor of Shiga University, Clinical psychologist, MBSR Teacher), Yashi Ito (Physicians, Certified MBSR Teacher Trainer) and […]
Blog by Faiy Rushton, Education and Training Development Manager Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) is excited to announce the launch of ‘The Pathways’ model, a framework designed to help individuals, schools and educational settings explore the benefits of mindfulness and clearly see the extent of MiSP’s potential support. ‘The Pathways’ model is aimed at teachers […]
By Emily Slater, CEO of the Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) Just as we were about to press send on our latest newsletter, the sad news of the death of Ruth Perry, headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading (UK), hit the media. Our thoughts are clearly first and foremost with Ruth’s family, friends, colleagues […]