Books by Jennifer Chapman

A collection of beautifully articulate, honest poems encapsulating the joy and challenges of having a baby. A journey of humour, tears and love that will resonate with any new parent.

They say a woman knows if her husband is having an affair. When we hear of someone in that situation we say things like, 'why does she put up with it?', 'she should just dump him'. So what happens to us when we know but hold back from taking that same advice? When we acknowledge things are over and it is time to move on, why is it so hard.

The effect of strategy training on working memory inchildren with acquired brain injuries was investigated. Six children between the ages of 8and 14 years completed three pre and postintervention tasks. The children began by completing three memory worksheets, and were thentaught a range of strategies aimed to enhance their working memory recall. This wasfollowed, a few weeks later, with the post intervention task, where the children completed threesimilar worksheets. The children were again asked to report the strategies they used foreach task. The task performances were compared across the two conditions, and thestrategies reported within each condition were also analysed to see if they correlated with any ofthe findings. The results indicated that there was asignificant increase across the two conditions, withthe children scoring higher in their working memorytests in the post intervention task. This finding provides evidence that strategy trainingincreases working memory, supporting much of the previous literature in the field.

Comparative study of recruitment to political elites in several countries, revealing the gender basis of imbalances and addressing feminist strategies for change.