Sarah Whitacre Email & Phone Number

Hazelwood, Missouri, United States

Saint Louis, Missouri

Belleville, Il

Create and teach individual floor routines to members of the Special Olympics gymnastics team.

Saint Louis

Highland I:

Assist spring musical director with blocking scenes, teaching songs to students, and choreograph and teach musical numbers to students.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Executed treatment sessions within pediatric sensory integration clinic for clients, age 3-21, with diagnoses such as: Sensory Processing Disorder, Autism, Developmental Delays, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder• Facilitated treatment sessions, with supervision from OTR, for clients with disruptive behavioral disorders• Created and provided site with dance program, “Shall We Dance?”, based on developmental movements and reflex integration exercises• Organized and led a “One-Day Fun Day” event for 11 children, not limited to clients at site, including advertising event by creating a flyer and talking with parents, contacting volunteers, planning activities, and training volunteers on safety regulations• Created and facilitated with fellow OT student 12-week social group sessions for children age 4-15, with topics including teamwork, communication, appropriate behaviors when interacting with peers (i.e. using eye contact and appropriate body language, taking turns, using gentle hands and feet)

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Choreograph for Springfield College Dance Company, establish plan each class with director of dance program, and coordinate dance demonstrations/performances within the community

Greater St. Louis Area

• Evaluated clients, men and women, age 15-95, diagnosed with or recovering from brain injuries including: diffuse axonal injury, cerebrovascular accident, and brain tumor, as well as clients diagnosed with or recovering degenerative brain disorders including: myasthenia gravis, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease• Created goals for clients evaluated based on their individual wants, needs, and abilities• Administered treatment sessions based on client goals and progress made • Collaborated with PT and SLP to ensure proper and achievable goals for each client• Discussed each client’s progress with team members including MD, OT, PT, SLP, RN, and social work• Provided facility with ways to evaluate patients’ ocular motor abilities including horizontal/vertical saccadic eye movements, horizontal/vertical smooth pursuits, and convergence and divergence• Provided site with exercises to make available to patients who were recovering from diagnoses listed above in order to improve ocular motor abilities

West Springfield, Ma

Supervise compulsory gymnastics team; 15 members age 4-15, coach and teach gymnasts new skills in both individual and group sessions, converse with parents about their child’s progress, and collaborate/organize with other coaches rotations for each practice

Edwardsville, Il

Create choreography for each musical number for different musicals, teach the choreography to each member of the cast, and rehearse choreography with the cast.

Belleville, Il

Create and teach individual floor routines to the competitive optional team.

Master Of Science (Ms), Occupational Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Women's Gymnastics Team, Springfield College Dancers, Student Occupational Therapy Association

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Dance

Activities and Societies: Women's Gymnastics Team, Springfield College Dancers