Jayne Clapton

Biographic Data

ID1707126
NAMEJayne Clapton
GIVEN NAMESJayne
FAMILY NAMEClapton
SIGNATURECLAPTON J
AFFILIATIONSGriffith University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • Spirituality in the Context of Nonverbal Autism

    Karenne Hills, Jayne Clapton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Disability & Religion2019

    Communication issues and social idiosyncrasies create barriers to the inclusion of people with severe (nonverbal) autism into standard societal expectations. This paper reports the results of a study that explored the spirituality of this group, who are unable to express typical religious/spiritual understanding. Participants revealed a sophisticated and deeply considered spirituality. Despite misconceptions that they are unintelligent and incapa…

  • Spirituality, silence and solitude

    Karenne Hills, Jayne Clapton et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Study of…2019

    People with severe (nonverbal) autism are considerably under-researched and misunderstood. This is despite the number of diagnoses growing at epidemic proportions. Approximately 30% of people with autism are placed on the severe end of the spectrum, demonstrating social communication issues and severe speech deficits. This paper provides a reflection concerning the findings of a research study that explored the spirituality of people with barrier…

  • Spirituality in the context of nonverbal autism

    Karenne Hills, Jayne Clapton et al.ARTICLEPractical Theology2019

    Traditionally, religious practices and teaching provide guidance for spiritual awareness. The concept of Imago Dei is fundamental to religious and theological belief, however its relevance to people with disabilities is debated. This paper underpins a broader research study exploring the spirituality of people unable to express a belief or understanding of orthodox religion. This will be explored alongside people with severe autism, who are unabl…

  • Precarious social inclusion

    Jayne Clapton, Lesley Chenoweth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…2014

    This paper presents findings from an online survey of practitioners working in the homelessness sector in Australia, that explored practitioner perspectives of policy and service delivery to people with impaired decision-making capacity who experience chronic homelessness. This paper identifies from the research that unrealistic, inflexible and conditional policy, program and service responses from both the public and community sectors restrict p…

  • Leadership succession management in a university health faculty

    Anne Mcmurray, Anne M Mcmurray et al.ARTICLEJournal of Higher Education…2012Cited by: 3References: 23

    We report on a succession planning pilot project in an Australian university health faculty. The programme aimed to enhance organisational stability and develop leadership capacity in middle level academics. Six monthly sessions addressed university and general leadership topics, communication, decision-making, working with change, self-management and career development. Participants were assisted by mentors and sponsors and completed a project f…

  • Indigenous Australians and Impaired Decision‐Making Capacity

    Open AccessNatalie Clements, Jayne Clapton et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Social Issues2010References: 15

    This article explores issues associated with impaired decision‐making capacity for Indigenous Australians. There is very little published on the subject of impaired decision‐making capacity in Australia, particularly in relation to Indigenous people. To gain some insight into this subject, this article looks at some indicators of impaired decision‐making capacity for Indigenous Australians such as rates of intellectual disability and mental illne…