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ARTICLES

Hilado, A., Leow, C., & Yang, Y. (2019). Understanding Immigration Trauma and the Potential of Home Visiting Among Immigrant and Refugee Families. ZERO TO THREE  Stories from the Field, 9th edition. 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Hilado, A., Chu, A., & Magrisso, A. (In Press). Practice with refugee families with young children (Chapter 9). In J. Eatton & J. Hwang (Eds).  Refugee Mental Health. Thousand Oaks, CA: American Psychological Association.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Hilado, A., Leow, C., & Yang, Y. (2018). Baby TALK- RefugeeOne Randomized Controlled Trial: A study examining the impact of home visitation among refugee and immigrant families. Submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Registry.
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Hilado, A. (2018). ‘Tell me about your baby’: Understanding the experiences of immigrant and refugee families receiving Baby TALK home visiting services. Qualitative study report submitted to Baby TALK, Inc. 

Hilado, A., Leow, C., & Yang, Y. (2016). The Baby TALK Model: A comprehensive review of research efforts to support model efficacy. Submitted to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) for the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. 
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Hilado, A. Leow, C., & Walsh, E. (2013). Baby TALK’s Early Childhood Professionals Program Pilot Study: Innovations and Implications for Early Childhood Teacher Training. Decatur, IL: The Baby TALK Research Series, Summary Report, 1.
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Hilado, A., & Leow, C. (2012). Newborn Encounters: A Strengths-Based Approach to Identifying Newborns and New Parents in Need of Early Intervention Services. Decatur, IL: The Baby TALK Research Series, Research Report, 2.
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Villalpando, A.H., Leow, C., & Hornstein, J. (2012). The Baby TALK model: An innovative approach to identifying high-risk children and families (ED540391). Education Resources Information Center. 
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Hilado, A., Leow, C., & Hornstein, J. (2011). A report on risk characteristics among young children and families 2008-2010, with select comparative local, state, and national data from 2003 – 2010. Decatur, IL: The Baby TALK Research Series, Research Brief, 1.
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PRESENTATIONS

Baby TALK presents at the Migration Policy Institute (October 2019)

Opportunities to Address Trauma and Other Stressors for Immigrant Families through Home Visiting Programs
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Baby TALK presents at Migration Policy Institute (April 2019)

Addressing trauma in young immigrant and refugee families through early childhood programs
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Baby TALK presents at the National Home Visiting Summit Conference  (February 2019)

Leveraging the Potential of Home Visiting Programs to Support Children of Immigrants and Dual-Language Learners: Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Participation
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Baby TALK presents at the 33rd Zero to Three Conference (October 2018)

Using home visiting to support mental health among immigrants and refugees
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Baby TALK presents at the Opening Minds Early Childhood Education Conference (February 2018)

Executive Orders, trauma, and supporting refugee and immigrant communities through home visiting
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Baby TALK presents at 31st Zero to Three Conference (December 2016)

The Importance of Studying a Relationship-Based Home Visiting Model (1 of 2 presentations)
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Baby TALK presents at 31st Zero to Three Conference (December 2016)

Supporting the mental health of new moms and newborns: Lessons from an early intervention study in hospital obstetric units (2 of 2 presentations)
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Baby TALK presents at 29th Zero to Three Conference (December 2014)

The impact of home visiting with English and Spanish-speaking families
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Baby TALK presents at 2014 Head Start and Early Head Start Pre-Service Conference (August 2014)

Examining an Innovative Community-based Home Visitation Model that Successfully Identifies, Recruits, and Retains High-risk Families
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Baby TALK Presents at the Early Head Start’s 18th Annual Birth to Three Institute (July 2014)

Access for New Immigrant Children: Early Intervention with Refugee Families using the Baby TALK© model
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41st Annual National Head Start Association’s Annual Head Start Conference and Expo (April 2014)

Booth 147: Baby TALK Model, Baby TALK Curriculum and specific supports for Early Head Start programs to indeed make a difference
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Baby TALK presents at the 28th Zero to Three National Training Institute (December 2013)

Access for New Immigrant Children: Early Intervention with Refugee Families using the Baby TALK© model
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Baby TALK presents at the 28th Zero to Three National Training Institute (December 2013)

Teacher training innovations using the Baby TALK© model: Findings from the Chicago Early Childhood Professionals Program
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Baby TALK presents at the 28th Zero to Three National Training Institute (December 2013)

“The Learning Group”: An innovative training approach for implementing Model Fidelity assessment tools using the Baby TALK© model
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Baby TALK presents at the Innovations in Quality: Illinois Home-Visiting Summit 2013 (April 2013)

The Assessment of Quality: Training innovations for early childhood professionals and program excellence
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Baby TALK presents at the 27th Zero to Three National Training Institute (December 2012)

Newborn Encounters: A strengths-based approach to identifying newborns and new parents in need of early intervention services.
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Baby TALK Professional Association (BTPA) 2nd Annual Conference (November 2012)

Relationships as Environment.
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Baby TALK presents at the Ed Zigler Midwest Research Institute (March 2012)

The Baby TALK approach: An innovative early intervention model to support high-risk families in Early Head Start programs.
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Baby TALK presents at the 26th Zero to Three National Training Institute (December 2011)

Personal Encounters: An Innovative Home Visitation Model For High-Risk Families.
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