Clarke Pennsylvania

Opening in 2001 in response to the growing need for oral deaf education in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, Clarke Pennsylvania is a private, non-profit educational program devoted to teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen and talk. Currently, children with all levels of hearing loss are benefiting from our program that focuses on the development of listening, thinking, and conversational skills. Families come from throughout Pennsylvania for services.

Clarke Pennsylvania has early intervention services and a preschool, and offers mainstreaming and cochlear implant rehabilitation services. Students use cochlear implants, hearing aids, and personal FM systems.

About our Staff

Clarke Pennsylvania flourishes under the leadership of director Judith Sexton. The staff consists of a communications coordinator, an early intervention coordinator, four teachers of the deaf, a speech and language pathologist, and an office manager. The teaching staff at Clarke Pennsylvania is highly competent in the areas of cognition, language, speech and listening skill development, in addition to child development and education of the deaf. Clarke Pennsylvania is deeply committed to helping children with hearing loss reach their full potential. For more information about job opportunities, please see the Clarke Human Resources page.

What Families Say About Clarke Pennsylvania

"Through the hard work and commitment of everyone my daughter comes in contact with at Clarke, she is now an oral child who delights in communicating with others." Michael Burns

"He can talk and listen with everybody thanks to Clarke." Luisa Valentin

"Clarke is great and I highly recommend it." Mark and Susan Bodman