Sarah Birkel, OTD, OTR/L

Occupational Therapy
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

Phone: 402-559-6415
Email

Professional Summary

Sarah is an occupational therapist with experience in school based and outpatient therapy settings. She started her Pediatric Fellowship Experience with Munroe-Meyer Institute Occupational Therapy Department upon graduation from Creighton University in 2018. After completion of the Pediatric Fellowship OT program, Sarah stayed to continue her professional career with the team at Munroe-Meyer as a full-time school-based therapist. She works with a range of ages in the school setting from preschool to high school on fine motor, sensory regulation and self-help skills. Sarah works with a variety of diagnoses including Autism, Down syndrome, and physical/developmental/neurological disabilities. Sarah appreciates that each day in the school setting is a new learning experience and is motivated to create unique, fun, and functional interventions and accommodations to allow each of her students to be independent in the classroom and engage fully in their school experiences.

Specialty Certifications

• School Based Pediatric Fellowship – Munroe Meyer 2019
• Level 1 Handwriting Certification – Handwriting Without Tears
• Yoga Kids Apprentice

Education

• OTD, Creighton University – Omaha, NE, 2018
• BA, Creighton University – Omaha, NE, 2015

Teaching

• MMI High School Alliance Program Healthcare Career Exploration

Awards

• MMI Monthly Standout Award (January 2021)