Our International Curriculum Director – Dr. Helen Maffini

Dr. Helen Maffini is a Canadian/British international educator, author and consultant who has worked around the world. She holds a Doctorate in Education researching mindfulness with preschool children. A former School Principal and Teacher, Helen is a certified emotional intelligence trainer, a NLP (Neuro Linguistic Practitioner), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher (MBSR) and Certified Positive Psychology leader. She is the co-author of Developing Children’s Emotional Intelligence (Bloomsbury) with Shahnaz Bahman, co-author the Kid Kids Card deck (Barefoot Books) with Whitney Stewart, and author of Sammy’s Next Move (Third Culture Kids Press).

Helen is the founder of MindBE Education, a training company focussed on mindfulness training for preschool teachers and their parents and carers. She developed the MindBE Preschool Mindfulness Curriculum and Thriving Kids courses. Helen also provides consulting services for a wide range of companies, schools and government bodies. She has worked on curriculum development, storyboarding, writing and sharing teacher training programs, leadership training, school inspection, creating learning materials, school development, running international education summits and children’s television consulting.

Helen has won several awards including Best Female Social Emotional Services Business Leader 2020 and Most Influential Early Years Mindfulness Company 2020. She was also voted as one of the top 100 businesswomen making a difference in the UK F:Entrepreneur in 2021. Helen is a member of the Meaningful Business Group and the National Association for Early Childhood. She is also on the advisory board of HundrED.