| Activity | Date of Birth: 31/03/1927
Education and Qualifications:
Moira House School, Eastbourne, UK (no dates)
University of Reading, BA psychology (no dates)
Maudsley Hospital, London, Diploma in clinical psychology (no dates)
Institute of Education, London University, PhD (no dates).
Professional Appointments:
1992-present: completing longitudinal study of people with Down’s syndrome
1982 to 1992: regional tutor, psychology of learning disability, St George’s Hospital, London
1978 to 1982: senior research officer, Institute of Education, University of London,
1970 to 1978: lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and senior psychologist, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London
1964 to 1969: research assistant, Medical Research Council psychiatric genetics research unit, Maudsley Hospital, London
1961 to 1963: psychologist, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Brighton
1950 to 1955: child and adult psychologist, Crayford Child Guidance clinic, Kent, and Maudsley, Goodmayes and Charing Cross Hospitals, London.
Honours and Awards:
Lifetime Achievement awards, the Josephine Mills Research Awards (2008), Down Syndrome International (2009), and Down's Syndrome Association (2010).
Fellow of the British Psychological Society
British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist
A celebration at the House of Lords to mark 50 years of Dr Janet Carr’s follow-up study of children with Down’s syndrome, (2014)
Order of the British Empire (OBE), HM Government, 2015.
Sources: Guardian newspaper website: Janet Carr: They used to say ‘they’re never likely to walk or talk’ 19 November 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/19/janet-carr-research-downs-syndrome-family
Janet Carr's short biography.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |