Myth vs. Fact: About Empowerment

As we reach the end of Brain Injury Awareness Month 2022, we know one thing for sure that won’t end: empowerment.  All month long, we’ve explored how to empower our brains, individually and collectively, through learning about self-care and wellness practices, educational opportunities, and connecting with each other.  There’s more. As a community, we’ve debunked (more…)

Brain Injury Awareness Month Marches On!

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This special month marks an opportunity for the brain injury community and the community at large to share awareness, knowledge, support, education, care and conversation.  The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) warmly invites you to join us online for some brain empowerment!        As individuals and as (more…)

Meet Heather Wiech-Barnes

Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) Board Director, Heather Wiech-Barnes believes in the value of personal and community empowerment. It is at the heart of everything she does, personally and professionally. She has always worked to protect and empower vulnerable populations. As a board director at BEST, Heather provides an ActuallyAutistic perspective to the BEST Team (more…)

BEST Virtual Programs Offer Transformation and Sustainability

The upcoming 15th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference focuses on the use of immersive virtual environments for educational purposes including virtual and augmented reality.    The Brain Energy Support Team’s (BEST’s) own Gloria Kraegel/Namaara MacMoragh will be sharing BEST’s story on transforming in person programs and services to virtual platforms as the (more…)

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This special month marks an opportunity for the brain injury community and the community at large to share awareness, knowledge, support, education, care and conversation.  As we kick off March 2022, the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) warmly invites you to join us online this month for some brain (more…)

BEST Second Life Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic Opens

The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is pleased to announce a special new feature in our virtual platform. The virtual COVID Vaccination Clinic is now open and welcomes you. The purpose of the COVID Vaccination Clinic at Etopia in Second Life is to provide information and tools related to the COVIC-19 pandemic. Here’s a peek (more…)