BEST’s Jeff Hartson Presents at Disaster Planning Summit

BEST Director and Support Group Coach, Jeff  Hartson, recently presented important information about brain injury and brain injury awareness at the 2017 Tacoma-Pierce County High Risk Populations Disaster Planning Summit at the Star Center in Tacoma, Washington on June 14, 2017. The summit was organized by the Pierce County High Risk Populations Disaster Planning Coalition, a coalition formed (more…)

Your Voice Need: WA State Survey

Did you know that there are approximately 145,000 individuals in Washington State living with brain injury and resulting challenges? Do you realize that if we add families – parents, children, spouses, siblings – supporting those individuals the number of people affected by a brain injury easily doubles or triples. How can we meet the needs (more…)

Housing and TBI: BEST Guest Blogger Isaac Peterson Weighs In

Editor’s Note: BEST guest blogger, Issac Peterson, explores his current journey in navigating his new home of Tacoma, Washington, after his stroke. It hasn’t all been positive. Like many others with a brain injury, Peterson has faced some difficult financial and housing challenges. Read on.  It was suggested to me that I might write about (more…)