Janice Flegle, MA, OTR/L, BCP

Janice Flegle, MA, OTR/L, BCP

Associate Professor, Emeritus
Department of Occupational Therapy
Munroe-Meyer Institute
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

Professional Summary

Mrs. Flegle worked for over 35 years in the Department of Occupational Therapy and she was named Discipline Director in 2007; she retired in 2019. She was AOTA Board Certified in Pediatrics, established a pediatric OT fellowship during her tenure, and helped coordinate a contract for the provision of educationally related OT with Omaha Public Schools.

• MA, Special Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, 1986
• BS, Occupational Therapy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1978

Teaching

• Lecture/Lab in Team-taught Courses:
  - UNMC, PHYT 612 Pediatric Physical Therapy (Lecturer)
  - UNMC, PHYT 624 Orthotics and Prosthetics (Lecturer)

Research

• Improving family and child outcomes for the at-risk infant.
• Understanding how individuals with movement disorders use their vision while planning and performing actions.

Selected Publications (within the last 5 years)

• Flegle, J & O’Rourke, S (2021). Understanding Health Care Requirements, Process, and Billing. In G. Frolek Clark & S. Parks, Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Early Childhood, Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press
• Flegle, J & Edelbrock, CM (2019). Best Practices in Supporting Children with Other Health Impairments. In G.Frolek Clark, J. Rioux, & B. Chandler, Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools, 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press.
• Surkar SM, Hoffman RM, Willett S, Flegle J, Harbourne R, Kurz MJ.  Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy Improves Prefrontal Cortex Activation in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy (2018).  Pediatr Phys Ther. 30(2):93-100. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000486.

Professional Affiliations

• American Occupational Therapy Association