UW-Madison Department of Kinesiology - Jean Patz

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Kinesiology
School of Education
UW-Madison
Unit II Gym
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Madison, WI  53706-1121

Tel: 608/262-0259
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Email: kines@education.wisc.edu
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Bio for Jean Patz, MS, OTR
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LECTURER and INSTRUCTIONAL SPEC
Academic Staff

Kinesiology
Occupational Therapy (OT)
School of Education (SoE)

2120 Medical Sciences Ctr  binoculars icon
1300 UNIVERSITY AVE
MADISON, WI 53706-1532

jpatz@wisc.edu

Personal Biography

Currently working as Lecturer and Instructional Specialist in the OT Program, UW-Madison and Research Assistant for the Wisconsin Surveillance of Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities System, Epidemiology of Developmental Disabilities Unit, Waisman Center. Pediatric experience included direct care of children with developmental disabilities. As an assistant professor, she previously taught courses in pediatrics within the OT Educational Programs at the Medical University of South Carolina and Towson University.


Education

BS, Occupational Therapy
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

MS, Special Education
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD


 

 

Teaching Interests

Lecturer and instructional specialist, Occupational Therapy Program teaching Orientation to Occupational Therapy. Previously taught courses in OT addressing evaluation and intervention in pediatrics to professional masters and post professional masters OT students.

The following is a representative sample of scheduled teaching.

Occ Ther 100 Orientation to Occupational Therapy

Section: 001

Research Interests

Research assistant, Wisconsin Surveillance of Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities System, Epidemiology of Developmental Disabilities Unit, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Specific role-clinician reviewer of cerebral palsy cases.

The following is a representative sample of publications.

Kirby, R.S., Wingate, M.S., Van Naarden Braun, K., Doernberg, N.S., Arneson, C.L., Benedict, R., Mulvihill, B., Durkin, M.S., Fitzgerald, R.T., Maenner, M.J., Patz, J.A., & Yeargin-Allsopp, M. (2011). Prevalence and functioning of children with cerebral palsy in four areas of the United States in 2006: A report from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 8 pages.
Online Publication/Abstract

Benedict, R., Patz, J.A., Maenner, M.J., Arneson, C.L., Yeargin-Allsopp, M., Doernberg, N.S., Van Nardeen-Braun, K., Kirby, R.S., & Durkin, M.S. (2011). Feasibility and reliability of classifying gross motor function among children with cerebral palsy using population-based record surveillance. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 25(1), 88-96.
Online Publication/Abstract

Patz, J.A., & Messina, R. (2009). Fine motor, oral motor and self care development. In S. Hooper & W. Umansky (Eds.), Young Children with Special Needs, (pp. 168-230). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill.

The following is a representative sample of presentations.

Benedict, R., Patz, J.A., Andrews, M., Arneson, C., & Sprague, R. (2009, November 5). Classification of Motor Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Learning the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS), Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association, Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association, MIddleton, WI.

The following is a representative sample of professional memberships.

American Occupational Therapy Association(AOTA)
Scope of Organization: National

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