Annemarie Clarke, Ph.D.
Corporate Officer, Behavioral & Developmental Services
 Annemarie has a doctorate in School Psychology from Temple University with a sub-specialization in working with preschool children and their families. She obtained both a Masters' in Counseling Psychology and a Bachelor's in Psychology from LaSalle University, and taught in their undergraduate and graduate Psychology programs for a decade, receiving the 1997 Erwin and Carolyn Rye Von Allman Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. Annemarie has also been an adjunct faculty member in the graduate psychology program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since 2001 and has supported many intern and practicum students from that program at SPIN.
Annemarie came to SPIN in 2002 as the Corporate Officer for Children's Services and oversaw significant expansion in that department within the subsequent years. In 2005 Annemarie was asked to develop a new service line within SPIN and from this effort the Behavioral & Developmental Services Department emerged. She now oversees a clinical team that includes psychologists, a psychiatrist, behavior specialists, a social worker, and front line clinical staff who provide services to adults with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health disorders, as well as children with various behavioral health disorders including Autism.
Annemarie serves on the Mayor's Early Learning Advisory Committee in Philadelphia and was a commission member on the 2007 Philadelphia Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Children's Behavioral Health. She has presented at local, state, and national conferences on topics related to primary prevention and early intervention to promote healthy social emotional outcomes in preschool children and families,and also presents on effective diagnostic and intervention services for children with Autism. Annemarie is committed to developing and implementing leading edge services that improving the outcomes and success within the home, school, and community for children, adolescents, adults, and families, both with and without disabilities. |
