H. Carl Haywood (b.1931) is an American professor who researches motivational influences on learning and development, intellectual and cognitive development, education, learning, neuropsychology (especially learning potential of persons with traumatic brain injury), and dynamic/interactive assessment of learning potential.
Haywood earned a BA in 1956 and an MA in 1957 at San Diego College.[1] He earned a PhD in clinical psychology in 1961 from University of Illinois, taking a minor in the fields of experimental psychology and education.[1] He joined the George Peabody College for Teachers, now part of Vanderbilt University, in 1962, rising to full professor in 1969.[1]From 1971 to 1983 Haywood became director of the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Educational and Human Development.[1] He became a Professor of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1971. He served as Chairman, Committee on Peer Review, National Institute of Handicapped Research, U. S. Department of Education from 1980 to 1981. Haywood was a member of the [[National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council from 1984 to 1986. As of 2019 Haywood is an Emeritus Professor at Vanderbilt University.[2]
Haywood served as editor of the American Journal of Mental Deficiency He has published more than 140 articles, books, and reviews in his research fields of mental retardation.
From 1975 to 1977, Haywood was Vice President for Psychology of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, and President of the Institute from 1980 to 1981. From 1978 to 1979, he was President of the American Psychological Association's Division 33. From 1980 to 1982, he also served on the American Psychological Association's Council of Representatives. From 1988 to 1990, Haywood served as President of the International Association for Cognitive Education.[1]
In 1972, Haywood was elected a Fellow, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. In 1985, he won a National Leadership Award from the American Association on Mental Deficiency. In 1988, he won the Edgar A. Doll Award, from APA's Division 33, for Research in Mental Retardation. In 1989, Haywood won a Research Award, American Association on Mental Retardation. In 1993, he won the Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professorship, 1993. [1]
In 2018, Haywood won a Marquis Who's Who Humanitarian Award.[3]
H. Carl Haywood (1970). Social-Cultural Aspects of Mental Retardation by George Peabody College for Teachers, National Institute of Mental Health. Appleton-Century-Crofts (ISBN-13: 978-0-390-42635-2, ISBN: 0-390-42635-0)
Michael J. Begab, H. Carl Haywood, Howard L. Garber (1982) Psychosocial Influences in Retarded Performance (Nichd-Mental Retardation Research Centers Series). Univ Park Press (ISBN-13: 978-0-8391-1634-9, ISBN: 0-8391-1634-9)
H.Carl Haywood and J. R. Newbrough (1981). Living environments for developmentally retarded persons. University Park Press (ISBN-13: 978-0-8391-1663-9, ISBN: 0-8391-1663-2)
H. Carl Haywood, David Tzuriel (1991). Interactive Assessment: Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer (ISBN-13: 978-0-387-97587-0, ISBN: 0-387-97587-X)
Susan Burns, H. Carl Haywood, Penelope Brooks (1992). Bright Start: Cognitive Curriculum for Young Children. Penelope Brooks (ISBN-13: 978-0-88106-376-9, ISBN: 0-88106-376-2)
H. Carl Haywood, Carol Schneider Lidz (2007). Dynamic Assessment in Practice: Clinical and Educational Applications. Cambridge University Press (ISBN-13: 978-0-521-61412-2, ISBN: 0-521-61412-0)
Reuven Feuerstein, Refael S. Feuerstein, Louis H. Falik, H. Carl Haywood, Shmuel Feuerstein (2014). Changing Minds and Brains--The Legacy of Reuven Feuerstein: Higher Thinking and Cognition Through Mediated Learning. Teachers College Press (ISBN-13: 978-0-8077-5620-1, ISBN: 0-8077-5620-2)
