Dr. Aimee Hilado
Aimee Hilado, Ph.D., LCSW is a ZERO TO THREE Fellow, licensed clinical social worker and academic researcher specializing in immigration trauma and immigrant/refugee mental health.
Dr. Hilado is the Founding Clinical Director of the RefugeeOne Wellness Program, a mental health program established in 2011 for humanitarian immigrants at the largest refugee resettlement agency in Chicago. At RefugeeOne, she provides therapy across the lifespan with specific expertise in infant mental health, practice with tender-age unaccompanied children, and forensic psychological evaluations for asylum seekers. Additionally, Dr. Hilado teaches and conducts research in the areas of immigration trauma, early childhood and adult mental health, and culturally-sensitive practice with immigrants and refugees. Previously, she was an Associate Professor of Social Work for 8 years at Northeastern Illinois University. In January 2022, she will be joining the faculty at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
Hilado continues to present nationally and publish in the areas of mental health, home visiting, and culturally sensitive clinical practice; her most recent edited book is Models for Practice With Immigrants and Refugees: Collaboration, Cultural Awareness, and Integrative Theory. She has also played key roles in community organizing and advocacy, selected as a ZERO TO THREE Fellow and co-chair of the Forced Migration Workgroup of the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health.
Hilado completed her PhD in Social Work with Distinctionand Master of Social Work degreesat Loyola University Chicago, and Master of Science in Applied Child Development at Erikson Institute.
Aimee Hilado, Ph.D., LCSW is a ZERO TO THREE Fellow, licensed clinical social worker and academic researcher specializing in immigration trauma and immigrant/refugee mental health.
Dr. Hilado is the Founding Clinical Director of the RefugeeOne Wellness Program, a mental health program established in 2011 for humanitarian immigrants at the largest refugee resettlement agency in Chicago. At RefugeeOne, she provides therapy across the lifespan with specific expertise in infant mental health, practice with tender-age unaccompanied children, and forensic psychological evaluations for asylum seekers. Additionally, Dr. Hilado teaches and conducts research in the areas of immigration trauma, early childhood and adult mental health, and culturally-sensitive practice with immigrants and refugees. Previously, she was an Associate Professor of Social Work for 8 years at Northeastern Illinois University. In January 2022, she will be joining the faculty at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
Hilado continues to present nationally and publish in the areas of mental health, home visiting, and culturally sensitive clinical practice; her most recent edited book is Models for Practice With Immigrants and Refugees: Collaboration, Cultural Awareness, and Integrative Theory. She has also played key roles in community organizing and advocacy, selected as a ZERO TO THREE Fellow and co-chair of the Forced Migration Workgroup of the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health.
Hilado completed her PhD in Social Work with Distinctionand Master of Social Work degreesat Loyola University Chicago, and Master of Science in Applied Child Development at Erikson Institute.