Mary Jane Rapport, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA

Mary Jane Rapport Instructor Bio:

Mary Jane Rapport, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Dr. Rapport is a professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, where she is core faculty in the Physical Therapy Program. She is the director of the University of Colorado Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Program and Faculty Residency Program, the PT Program student services coordinator, the PT discipline director for the Maternal and Child Health LEND program through JFK Partners, and a codirector of the Teaching Scholars Program in the School of Medicine. Dr. Rapport has extensive experience as an educator and a pediatric physical therapist with a productive record of presentations and publications. Much of her career has been focused on legislative and policy interpretation for the delivery of special education, related services, and early intervention services for children with disabilities and their families.

Dr. Rapport has been a physical therapist for 40 years and a physical therapist educator for more than 20 years. While much of her career has been in academia and focused on higher education, she has maintained a clinical practice in schools as a school-based physical therapist and as an early intervention service provider. She has taught many courses, workshops, and conference sessions addressing the implementation of services under IDEA and related federal laws to thousands of pediatric physical therapists over the years.