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Daniel Cochrane, MA, MS, ATP

Senior Clinical Instructor

Assistive Technology Unit

Disability and Human Development

Pronouns: He/Him

Contact

Building & Room:

DHSP 438

Office Phone:

312.413.1806

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About

Daniel Cochrane, MA, MS, ATP, is a senior clinical instructor in the Department of Disability and Human Development. He teaches courses on assistive technology practice in the K12 school setting for the UIC Assistive Technology Certificate Program and supervises field experiences for students in the AT certificate. Dan is director of the QIAT-PS project for the Great Lakes ADA Center and currently working on developing a curriculum to teach high school and K12 transition students to self-determine their postsecondary accommodations, including assistive technology. Dan is Co-PI of the federally funded Assistive Technology Leaders in Special Education scholarship program, a joint effort between the AT Certificate Program in DHD and UIC's College of Education (Dr. Dan Maggin, PI) to provide special education endorsement and AT training to general educators. Dan is also Co-PI of the federally funded Co-Op Program, a postsecondary certificate program for students with intellectual disabilities (Dr. Tamar Heller, PI), currently working with City Colleges of Chicago to expand postsecondary options for students with ID. Dan also provides AT services to Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services - Vocational Rehabilitation customers who are referred to the UIC Assistive Technology Unit, and AT consultations to public schools and parents on a case-by-base basis.

Selected Grants

Department of Education, Assistive Technology Leaders in Special Education 2, Co-PI

Department of Education, Certificate in Co-Operative Career Experience, Co-PI

Selected Publications

Cochrane, D. & Key, K. (2024). Using speech recognition as AT for writing [online course]. In Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), Assistive Technology Internet Modules. OCALI. https://atinternetmodules.org/m/1757

Drelick, A., Cochrane, D., & Potts, L. (2022). RESNA Position Paper on the Capacity-Building Role of AT Specialists in PreK-12 Educational Settings. Assistive Technology. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10400435.2022.2105057

Professional Leadership

Board of Directors, member (2018-2024), Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

Professional Standards Board, Chair (2014-2017), Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

Notable Honors

2017, Distinguished Service Award, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

2013, Achievement Award for Outstanding Personal and Professional Achievement, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences

Education

Master of Science, Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
Master of Arts in Teaching, Special Education, National-Louis University, 2000

Licensures and Certifications

Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist 1 (LBS1)

RESNA Assistive Technology Professional (ATP)

Professional Memberships

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Research Currently in Progress

Toward a Program Theory of AT Consideration (PhD research in progress)

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