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Jean Patz

Lecturer - Occupational Therapy

jpatz@wisc.edu

(608) 262-2936

2195 Medical Sciences Center

1300 University Ave

Madison, WI 53706-1532

Patz, Jean

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, previously taught courses in pediatrics within the OT Educational Programs at the Medical University of South Carolina and Towson University.

Education

  • MS Special Education, Johns Hopkins University, 1983
  • BS Occupational Therapy, Indiana University, 1972

Select Publications

  • Patz, J. A., & Gartland, S. G. (2013). Fine Motor Development. In Stephen R. Hooper; Warren Umansky (Ed.), Young Children with Special Needs, 6th ed. Pearson.
  • Gartland, S. G., & Patz, J. A. (2013). Self-Care Skills. In Stephen Hooper and Warren Umansky (Ed.), Young Children with Special Needs, 6th Ed. Pearson.
  • 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. J. Matson (Ed.), Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 8 pages. Elsevier 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.

Select Presentations

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