Florida
Welcome to Clarke Florida
Clarke Florida
Serving families state-wide!
Clarke Florida, a resource and school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families, is located in the historic Mandarin area of the city of Jacksonville, and offers services daily on-site, at homes and online.
Programs & Services
Clarke Florida’s Programs and Services
My husband and I recall our son’s first six weeks as a full-time student with Clarke. He started when he was about three-and-a-half years old after wearing hearing aids for around 12 months. Within those first six weeks, he went from communicating mostly through gestures and screaming/crying to consistently attempting spoken language. From there he took off and today at five years old we often have a hard time getting him to stop talking. Our prayers were answered. Clarke has given him the tools he needed to learn to listen and speak.
Clarke Florida has program to meet your needs...
Birth to Age Three Program
Clarke Florida professionals work closely with families of infants and toddlers to support listening and spoken language learning. With home visits, tVISITs, “Caregiver and Me” and our daily, center-based Toddler-Twos group, families have a number of options for accessing family-centered intervention.
Preschool / Early Elementary Program
With low student-teacher ratios and daily individual speech therapy, Clarke Florida offers full-day, year-round preschool, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grade programs. Students enjoy age-appropriate learning activities at every level enriched with the specialized intervention that targets the development of listening and spoken language skills comparable to those of their hearing peers.
tVISIT Program
Through our tVISIT (teleservices Virtual Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers) Program and additional teleservice options, families are able to connect remotely with Clarke Florida’s speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf, maintaining a family’s listening and spoken language education -- despite transportation constraints or living in remote and underserved areas of the state.
Support Groups
Clarke Florida’s support groups, including Parent/Caregiver-Infant Groups, allow families to come together, sharing their experiences and receiving support from Clarke’s expert listening and spoken language professionals.
Summer Services
Clarke Florida offers many of its services year-round, including Support Groups, Preschool / Early Elementary Program and support for students in inclusive education settings. We also offer a fun and enriching listening and spoken language summer program for children entering preschool through the first grade!
Auditory, Speech and Language Services
Children in Clarke Florida’s Preschool / Early Elementary Program have daily access to auditory, speech and language therapies. We are open after school five days a week to meet the needs of children who attend schools with inclusive education settings as well.
Trainings & Workshops
Clarke Florida, a resource and school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, offers essential education for families and caregivers through our monthly parent-education series, “Caregiver and Me” parent-coaching and auditory-verbal therapy sessions.
Clarke Florida Services for Students who Attend Inclusion Schools
Services for Students in Inclusive Education Settings
Our services for students at inclusion schools support children from preschool through high school, providing individualized speech therapy, facilitating transitions to new schools and offering families the resources they need to help their child thrive in new settings.
Speech, Language Services
Individual auditory, speech and language services are available for children in inclusion programs, giving them access to the tools they need to thrive at school. Alums can return once a year for an evaluation at no cost to families.
Transitional Planning Services
Clarke Florida, a resource and school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, offers Transitional Planning Services to help facilitate adjustment into inclusion schools, working with the student, their family and the school staff to develop appropriate goals and service delivery models for their IEPs.
Consulting Services
Our teachers of the deaf are available to provide customized strategies for success for students with hearing loss in inclusive education settings. Direct service models are available at the request of individual school districts.
Admission & Enrollment
We’re here to help you make an informed decision about your child’s education and communication.
Contact us at florida@clarkeschools.org or 904.880.9001 to learn more about any of our programs.
Visit Clarke Florida
How students are funded
Children ages birth to three are funded by support from the Florida Department of Health and private grants. Students ages 3- 7 are typically placed at Clarke Florida through their neighborhood school and funded in partnership with state, local and private sources such as the Bureau of Exceptional Student Education (BESE) Discretionary Project Auditory-Oral Grant. Clarke Florida is a provider for VPK-SIS services and an approved school/provider with the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA).
Clarke Florida, a resource and school for children with hearing loss and their families, admits children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and provides services to our families regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Contact us at florida@clarkeschools.org or 904.880.9001 to learn more about any of our programs.
Visit Clarke Florida
Meet our Clarke Florida expert staff and see our dynamic classrooms in action!
To arrange a tour, contact us at florida@clarkeschools.org or 904.880.9001.
For Current Families
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Talking About Clarke Florida Newsletter
Clarke Connection Newsletter
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Contact Clarke Florida
Voice/TTY: 904.880.9001
Fax: 904.880.9007
Email: florida@clarkeschools.org
Melanie Jensen, Development Associate
Email: mjensen@clarkeschools.org
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Avani
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