Caregiver’s Corner: Brain Injury Awareness Month and More

One of our BEST guest bloggers is back! BEST team member, instructor/facilitator and caregiver, Maggie DePuye-Phillips, brings us a very special “Caregiver’s Corner” column.  As it is Brain Injury Awareness Month,  DePuye-Phillips brings insight and wisdom to an important part of brain injury awareness: caregivers. Caregivers are the unsung heroes of the awareness movement, and at (more…)

Quote of the Week and This Week at Our BEST Space

  At the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST),  this quote means a lot to us. There are perceptions and stereotypes out there about individuals with brain injury. Since it’s Brain Injury Awareness Month, we are looking to change those perceptions and stereotypes, not only this month, but every month. And here’s what’s happening at Our BEST (more…)

Learn American Sign Language at BEST!

The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is pleased to announce that we will be offering American Sign Language (ASL) instruction for beginners at the BEST Learning Center in University Place, Washington .  In this dynamic eight week course for adults, participants will be introduced to ASL with a focus on vocabulary and its unique grammar (more…)

Brain Injury Awareness Through Comics

There are many ways to share to share stories and information about brain injury and brain injury awareness.  So, how about using the art form of comics to deliver the message? The University of Washington TBI InfoComic team is excited to announce that they have just released their first two InfoComics, “Emotional Changes After Traumatic Brain Injury” (more…)

Be a Bettie: Brain Injury Awareness Straight from the Track

We think that everyone should be a “Bettie.” What’s a Bettie you say? Well, a Bettie is a member of the terrific JBLM Bettie Brigade, an all-female, nonprofit, player run and flat-track roller derby team comprised of skaters in the local military community in Tacoma. These athletes are the real deal; they work hard, play (more…)