| Activity | Date of Birth: 05/09/1934
Place of Birth: London
University and Professional Training:
Oxford University, BA (Modern History) 1957
Oxfoed University, MA (Modern History) 1960
London University, Postgraduate Certificate of Education 1958
London University, Qualifying Examination in Psychology 1966
London University, Academic Diploma in Educational Psychology 1967
University of East London, Ph.D in Psychology 1974
BPS Chartered Psychologist, 1988-2009
Awards:
Fellow of the British Psychological Society 1980
Recognised Teacher, University of London 1980
Professional career:
Senior History Master, Karachi Grammar School, Pakistan 1958-1959
Assistant Teacher, Harborough School, London 1960-1963 & 1964-1965
Assistant Teacher, Colebrooke School, London 1963-1964
Educational Psychologist, London Borough of Waltham Forest 1967-1971
Principal Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children 1971-1980
Consultant Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children 1980-1994
Director, Neurosciences Clinical Directorate, Hospital for Sick Children 1991-1994
Director, Child-to-Child Trust, Institute of Education, University of London 1994-1995
Advisor in Education to the Partnership for Child Development, University of Oxford 1996-2001
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
Secretary, Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1973-1978
President, Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1991-1992
Registrar, British Psychological Society's Diploma in Developmental and Educational Psychology 1974-1978
Secretary General, International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions 1978-1982
Chair, British Psychological Society's Standing Committee in Handicap 1981-1985
Vice President, International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions 1981-1990
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Centre for International Child Health, Institue of Child Health, University College London 1996-2004
Chair, Royal Society of Medicine Academic Board 1997-2001
Chair, Management Committee of the Centre for Appearance and Disfigurement Studies, University of West England 1997-2003
Chair, Research Committee of Changing Faces 2003-
Member of the DHSS Working Party on Lead (The Lawther Committee) 1978-1980
Visiting Adviser to the Department of Special Education, SDNT University, Bombay 1978, 1979 & 1981
External Examiner, Child Guidance Training Centre Course in Educational Psychology 1982-1984
Consultant to the World Health Organisation
On projects relating to child development 1983-
On health education and trachoma 2002-
Department of Health Assessor for Top Grade post in Clinical Psychology 1987-1993
Joint Director, Module on child development and childhood disorders, MSc Course in clinical psychology, University College London 1988-1993
Member of the Dept.of Health Committee of Inquiry into the Selection and Recruitment of Staff in Children's Homes (The Warner Committee) 1992
Member, Task Force on Iron, British Nutrition Foundation 1992-1994
Member, Spastics Society's Education Advisory Committee 1983-1989
Covenor, British Psychological Society's Standing Committee on Handicap 1985-1987
Member, Royal Society of Medicine's Open Section Council 1986-2003
Member, Spastics Society's Research Committee 1987-1992
Member, Mental Health Foundation's Research Committee 1987-1992
Member, British Dyslexia Association's Psychology Committee 1987-1989
Member , Holloway Prison Health Advisory Board 2000-2002
Member, HM Prison Service Mother and Baby Policy Group 2000-
Consultant Psychologist, Family Futures Consortium 2001-.
Sources: R G Lansdown's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Reading: Teaching and Learning (London) : Pitman (1974)
More than Sympathy (London): Tavistock Publications (1980)
Child Development Made Simple (London): Heinneman (1984)
The Lead Debate (edited with W.Yule) (Beckenham): Croom Helm (1986)
Problems of the Pre-School Child (edited with N.Richman) Chichester: John Wiley (1988)
The effects of lead exposure on urban children: The Institute of Child Health/Southampton Study. Supplement to Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (with M.Smith, T.Delves, B.Clayton and P.Graham) 1983
Your Child's Development (1991) with Marjorie Walker, London Frances Lincoln/New York: Knopf
Children in Hospital (1996) Oxford: The Univesity Press
Visibly Different: the psychology of facial disfigurement. Co-ordinating editor with N. Rumsey (1997), Butterworth-Heinemann
The Relationship between Blood Lead Concentrations, Intelligence and Attainment in a School Population: a Pilot Study
William Yule, Richard Lansdown, Ian B. Millar, Marie-Anne Urbanowicz |