Presented by Aimee Hilado, PhD from Northeastern Illinois University
Hosted by the Chicago Chapter of the ILAIMH, professionals throughout the state are invited to a virtual ILAIMH seminar that will be held via Zoom.
This seminar will explore the potential of leveraging home visiting to buffer the adverse impact of immigration trauma while promoting mental health and adjustment for new refugee/immigrant arrivals with young children. This is an added benefit beyond supporting young children in meeting their developmental agenda. Participants will learn about the critical importance of relational home visiting models and will be introduced to Baby TALK, Inc., an evidence-informed model that has been widely implemented in Illinois and in recent years, shown positive impacts in refugee and immigrant communities. Key lessons of home visiting and the needs of refugee/immigrant families will be shared along with next steps given the current pandemic and general sociopolitical climate.
EI credit hours have been requested and Social Work CEUs are being researched
Dr. Aimee Hilado is an academic, researcher, and clinician specializing in immigration trauma and refugee/immigrant mental health. She is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Northeastern Illinois University where she serves as the Curriculum Specialist in Human Behavior in the Social Environment and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on practice with immigrants and refugees and practice with children and families. Dr. Hilado is also the Founding Clinical Director of the RefugeeOne Wellness Program, a mental health program established in 2011 for refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants in one of the largest resettlement agencies in Illinois. It is the first mental health program in the state that has integrated a home visiting program for trauma-exposed pregnant mothers and families with children under age 3 of refugee/immigrant status.
Theresa Atchley
tatchley@sbcglobal.net , 708-602-9215
ILAIMH is a 501(C)(3) non-profit and is an affiliate of the World Association for Infant Mental Health.
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