Munroe-Meyer Institute
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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Janice Flegle, MA, OTR/L, BCP

Emeritus Professor, Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Occupational Therapy

Janice Flegle, MA, OTR/L, BCP

Janice Flegle, MA, OTR/L, BCP, is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Occupational Therapy.

Flegle worked at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for more than 35 years as an occupational therapist and was named discipline director in 2007; she retired in 2019.

She was American Occupational Therapy Association board certified in pediatrics, established a pediatric occupational therapy fellowship during her tenure and helped coordinate a contract for the provision of educationally related occupational therapy with Omaha Public Schools.

  • MA: Special education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1986.
  • BS: Occupational therapy, University of Kansas, 1978.

Specialty Certifications

  • National Board Certification, occupational therapy.
  • American Occupational Therapy Association board certification in pediatrics.
  • 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. 
Lecture/Lab in Team-taught Courses: 
  • UNMC, PHYT 612 Pediatric Physical Therapy (Lecturer) 
  • UNMC, PHYT 624 Orthotics and Prosthetics (Lecturer) 
  • Improving family and child outcomes for the at-risk infant. 
  • Understanding how individuals with movement disorders use their vision while planning and performing actions. 
  • American Occupational Therapy Association.
 
Occupational Therapy Department

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

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