The 2018 Washington State TBI Conference will be held on May 29-30, 2018 at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington. For those who wish to apply for a conference scholarship (for registration fees only or for registration and lodging), scholarship applications are now available online to complete and submit. All scholarship applications are due by April (more…)
Thank you for joining BEST for Brain Injury Awareness Month March 2018! Together, we explored our empowerment and self-care. This process doesn’t end just because the calendar changed to the month of April. Let’s continue the conversation, today and every day. Our final thoughts can be summed in the picture below. We have the power (more…)
A little holiday fun for superheroes!
Our BEST Superhero of the Month for March 2018 takes a passion for community service to a whole new level. The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is delighted to announce that our latest BEST Superhero of the Month is Jeff Hartson. Hartson serves in numerous roles as an energetic leader and supporter in the brain (more…)
A little while ago, I asked this: “What if there is a kind of power that everyone has, and it’s power that not is not destructive or coercive, and once it’s applied, only gets stronger and will multiply itself?” Here’s part of the answer: unconditional love. What I mean by unconditional is actually self-explanatory. To (more…)
According to the Brain Energy Support Team’s Jeff Hartson, brain injury is prevalent in correctional facilities and the numbers of those affected to continue to grow. While estimates vary from facility to facility, traumatic brain injury (TBI) typically impacts from thirty to seventy percent of those incarcerated. Those individuals who have a TBI may experience (more…)