Background
Barrett, Beatrice Helene was born on December 8, 1928 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Oscar Slack and Helen (Kaiper) Barrett.
Barrett, Beatrice Helene was born on December 8, 1928 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Oscar Slack and Helen (Kaiper) Barrett.
Bachelor, University Arizona, 1950. Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1957.
Graduate teaching assistant in psychology, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1950-1952;
psychology assistant, Longview Eastern State Hospital, Cincinnati, 1951;
staff psychologist, Longview Eastern State Hospital, Cincinnati, 1952;
staff psychologist Children's Outpatient and Cons. Superior vena cava syndrome, Indiana U. Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1954-1957;
chief psychologist, Indiana U. Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1957-1959;
instructor psychology, Indiana U. Medical School, Indianapolis, 1956-1960;
research associate department psychiatry, Indiana U. Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1959-1960;
private practice clinical psychology, Indianapolis, 1957-1960;
research fellow in psychology School of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, 1960-1962;
lecturer in special education, Graduate School Education, Boston University, 1962-1963;
director psychological research, Walter E. Fernald State School, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1962-1969;
director behavior prosthesis laboratory, Walter E. Fernald State School, Belmont, 1963-1992;
chief psychologist, 1969-1992;
associate psychologist, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1982-1998. Instructor Massachusetts Psychological Center, 1972.
Lecturer in special education Lesley College Graduate School, 1974-1976. Adjunct associate professor Northeastern U., 1983-1992. Psychology consultant Carter Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, 1959-1960.
Member Executive Committee Boston Behavior Therapy Interest Group, 1973-1974. Member human studies committee Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, 1980-1998.
Member Indiana Governor's Youth Council, 1959-1961. Member special advisory committee on mental retardation Indiana Department Public Instruction, 1959-1961. Member task force Massachusetts Mental Retardation Planning Project, 1965-1966.
Member advisory board Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, 1981-1987, 93-2000, trustee, 1987-1993, 94-2000, senior fellow, since 2001, chair development committee, 1987-1989, member subcommittee on planned giving, 1992-1995, chairman nominating committee, 1992-1993, member, 1993-1998, executive committee, 1993, 94-99, member subcommittee on academy and science programs, 1992-1997, member editorial board, 1998-1999. Treasurer B.F. Skinner Foundation, 1996-2003, board directors, since 1997. Member committee on dance education Special Commission on Performing Arts, 1976-1977.
Member art acquisition committee DeCordova Museum, 1978-1980, member contemporary arts council, 1985-1987. Trustee Boston Repertory Ballet, 1977-1979, Boston Ballet Company, 1970-1976, secretary board, 1974-1975, executive committee, 1974-1976. Fellow American Psychological Association, Massachusetts Psychological Association (Ezra Saul Psychological Service award 1979), Behavior Therapy and Research Society (charter clinical).
Member Association for Mentally Ill Children (human rights committee 1979-1981), Eunice Kenndey Shriver Center (member human studies communications 1980-1998), American Academy on Mental Retardation (vice president 1969-1974, at-large executive committee 1975-1977), American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Eastern Psychological Association, Association Behavior Analysis (journal. advisory board 1983-1987, chair task force on right to effective education 1986-1991, presidential advisory group on education public policy 1994-1995), Stage Harbor Yacht Club (Chatham, Massachusetts, race committee 1984-1986), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Harold Sheffield Van Buren, October 6, 1966 (divorced October 1985).