Las Cumbres Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute

	Our mission is to provide quality services, public awareness, and integrated community supports for children, adults, and families facing social, emotional, and/or developmental challenges.

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A member agency
of United Way
of Northern New Mexico
serving Los Alamos
and Rio Arriba Counties

EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING INSTITUTE


Director Mary Hendrix and Institute Trainees toast to the completion of two years of training	Instructor and mentor, Dr. Marythelma Brainard, gives one of the keynote addresses at the graduation ceremony	Las Cumbres Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute, Class of 2010

The Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute has recently graduated its second cohort of students who completed the two-year intensive curriculum and will share their new knowledge and expertise with hundreds of children and families and other early childhood providers through New Mexico.

Over the last few months Las Cumbres has explored several different options for partnering with educational institutions, particularly Northern New Mexico College, to ensure its sustainability beyond foundation support. At this time there is little support available. With the difficulty in securing funds for non-essential services and supports during this economic downturn, Las Cumbres is putting the Institute on hold while we further assess its long-term viability.

While we must focus our energies on our direct services in behavioral health and developmental support, we recognize there is still a strong need for multidisciplinary training and ongoing professional support in our region. We hope that as the economy improves we will be able to re-establish this innovative and successful program that has graduated 48 infant mental health specialists and provided training to more than 1,000 other providers over the past four fruitful years.

Thank you to all the Institute’s supporters and participants for your support and your belief in our mission. We continue to work hard to maintain your trust as a partner in supporting vulnerable children, adults and families throughout northern New Mexico.