Mindfulness in Schools Project

Mindfulness in Schools Projects vision is that every child possesses the skills to help them manage difficulty and flourish, and an understanding of how and when to use those skills. In 2009 Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) was established as a not-for-profit company by Richard Burnett and Chris Cullen, both school teachers and mindfulness practitioners, in the belief that the young people in their classrooms could benefit from learning mindfulness skills. There were no curricula teaching mindfulness skills available in the UK at that time so MiSP created .b (pronounced dot-b, which stands for stop and be) for 11-18 year olds. MiSP later worked with Sarah Silverton and Pen Y Bryn Schools Tabitha Sawyer and created Paws b for 7-11 year olds. MiSPs most recent course is .b Foundations which was written for teachers and school staff. MiSP remains the leading provider of mindfulness programs for young people in the UK. MiSP does not deliver these curricula directly in scho...