New Mexico Family Network

NMFN provides advocacy for behaviorally different children within schools, juvenile justice and behavioral health systems. NMFN serves families statewide who have children and youth with behavioral differences by providing the following: advocacy, support groups, education, training, referrals, self-help tools, and information. NMFN partners with other agencies, schools, community providers and first nations to improve the system of care services and service delivery. NMFN helps families navigate special education processes to provide safeguards for behaviorally different children. NMFN provides a collective voice to implement improvements to services and service delivery systems for children and youth who have experienced, or are at risk of developing neurobiological, emotional, and behavioral challenges NMFN strives to increase public awareness of, and sensitivity to, individuals with neurobiological differences through the news media, website, conferences, newsletters and membership drives