Hutchinson, Julia K.
Huws, Jaci C.
Dorjee, Dusana
Article History
First Online: 15 August 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: J.K.H. teaches the Paws b curriculum on occasion and is renumerated for this work as part of her duties of employment. J.C.H. declares she has no conflict of interest. D.D. provided initial advice on inclusion of neuroscience content into the Paws b curriculum without renumeration, does not hold any IP for the Paws b curriculum and does not have any financial interests in the Paws b curriculum; she is not affiliated with the Mindfulness in Schools Project providing training in the Paws b curriculum. D.D. has been collaborating with Sarah Silverton and Tabitha Sawyer, the two main authors of the Paws b who are not receiving royalties from the Paws b curriculum, and Ysgol Pen Y Bryn where the Paws b curriculum was developed (also with no financial interests) on the development of another primary school curriculum (The Present Course for Primary Schools) and is a co-director of a community interest company providing training in the Present Course.
: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors. Ethical approval was provided by the School of Psychology at Bangor University. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Participation in this research was entirely voluntary and required both parents informed consent and children’s informed assent.