Dr Lynn Barnett: archive
- Dr Lynn Barnett
- Date:
- c.1970s-c.2000s
- Reference:
- PP/LBA
- Archives and manuscripts
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Lynn's main professional interest is infant development and mental health. She has made a series of child developmental videos in various cultures and acted as a consultant for children's institutions internationally.
Barnett’s work in child development was longitudinal, observing children throughout their development. Lynn filmed children at play, at nursery and at home over a number of years. Her film "Sunday's Child" followed a baby's development from pre-birth to 35 years old as a father. The footage is extensive, following the child's early development closely, and then over follow-ups at various intervals over time. Other films by Lynn Barnett on this topic included Buddle Care (a day nursery becomes a family centre), Anna Freud Centre (Toddler group and nursery school), and Enriching Day Care (a comparison of different practices and principles).
Lynn also worked on three cross-cultural videos of the first two years of development of a baby in India, Finland, and Nepal.
These videos, particularly “Sundays Child”, have been used by teaching professionals (medics, Psychotherapists, nurses, social workers, teachers etc) in nearly 30 different countries.
The Day Nursery Project, was funded by DHSS with Isabel Menzies Lyth as consultant to researchers Alastair Bain and Lynn Barnett. This research was published in several Tavistock Institute of Human Relations reports (both held in SA/TIH archive), including:
2T45 [T.I.H.R]: Alastair Bain, Lynn Barnett, "Longcot Day Nursery: The Conditions Necessary to Perform its Primary Task. Day Nursery Project Working Note No. 1".
2T134 [AB/LRB]: Alastair Bain, Lynn Barnett, Isabel Menzies-Lyth, "The Design of a Day Care System in a Nursery Setting for Children Under Five".
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- 2512