Join us for as we host a speakers’ panel of experts to discuss the dynamic interactions between brain injury and mental health. Topics may include, but not limited to, community re-integration following an injury, the relationship between anxiety and depression on cognitive functioning, and structuring life to optimize success following a brain injury. The panel (more…)
WA State BEST Artists (“Superhero” Show): Thank you for sharing your joy with the community at our upcoming community art installation at the Tacoma Art Museum next month! Just a friendly reminder to submit your art by September 26, 2019. Learn more, by clicking here. BEST loves sharing … Facebook0TwitterPinterest0tumblr0Linkedin0Reddit0Email0
Hi everyone! This is Kim Thompson, BEST’s Communications Manager. I recently took a little field trip to the beautiful Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) in downtown Tacoma, Washington. I got some pics and made a little video. It was so much fun! Special thanks needs to go to BEST volunteer, Erin Thompson, who shot and edited (more…)
While art is indeed about individualism, the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) also believes that empowerment is about individualism, too. Each person in the brain injury community has their own unique form of personal empowerment. That’s why at BEST, we help people with tools, strategies and resources to help them tap into their own kind (more…)
Rooted in Rights, the video advocacy project of Disability Rights Washington, wants to interview people in Washington State for a series of videos highlighting how Initiative 976 will harm those of us who need transit to get around. Do you rely on public transit? What would happen if your route or the bus schedule you rely on (more…)
We don’t have just one BEST superhero for the month of August 2019, but two. BEST wishes, hugs and congratulations to the married dynamic duo of Paul Giese and Nichole Davis! Paul and Nichole are longtime BESTies and superhero supporters. In fact, it was Nichole who coined the term, BESTies, to describe the people of (more…)
