The Brain Injury Association of Washington welcomes
everyone to attend a local support group.
NOTE: For Veteran
Specific Resources, Click Here
Why Attend a Support Group Meeting?
The purpose of a support group is
to learn more about brain injury and available services by meeting
with others who are facing or have faced similar challenges. The
essential elements of a support group are:
- Gather information
- Share common needs and strengths
- Provide a place to meet new friends and find new
connections in the community
- Provide a safe place to find courage and take risks
- Provide an opportunity to socialize
- Provide an environment where positive and negative
views can be expressed without being judged
BIAWA Regional
Support Groups
Bellevue/Eastside:
1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Highland Community Center, 14224 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue
Contact: Co-facilitators Linda R Khosraw at (425) 820-0204
and Michael Given (425) 246-4215
Bellingham Evening Group:
2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
St. Joseph Hospital, South Campus Rehab Center Conference Room,
809 E. Chestnut Street,
Bellingham WA
Contact: Gary Nelson at (360) 656-6195
Bellingham Day Group:
This group is canceled until further notice, effective 12/1/09.
For more information, please contact Valerie at 360-961-5899.
Bellingham Saturday Afternoon Group:
3rd Saturday of each month, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Health Support Center
1212 Indian Street, Bellingham
Contact: Gary Nelson at (360)656-6195
Bremerton/Kitsap:
2nd Thursday of each month from 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Harrison Silverdale Medical Center, 1780 Myhre Road (flagpole
entrance), Silverdale
4th Wednesday of each month 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Harrison Green Mountain Rehab Center, 2625 Wheaton Way, Suite A,
Bremerton
Contact for both groups: Janice Worman OTR/L at(360) 475-6480
Colville - Stevens County:
1st Tuesday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mount Carmel Hospital, 982 East Columbia, Colville
Contact: Craig Sicilia at (509) 218-7982
Danny Holmes (509) 6804634
http://tbisurvivorsnetwork.ning.com/events/colville-brain-injury-support
Eastern Washington/North
Idaho
Veterans Brain Injury Support Group:
3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Kootenai Medical Center, 2003 Lincoln Way, Coeur D'Alene, ID 83814
Contact: Craig Sicilia (509) 218-7982 or Ron Grigsby (208) 659-5459
Lewis County:
1st Tuesday, 5:00 pm – game night
2nd Tuesday, 5:00 pm – social group
3rd Tuesday, 5:00 pm – study group
4th Tuesday, 5:00 pm – social group
For meeting location, please contact:
Larry Carroll at (360) 864-4341 or Ann Grabhorn at (360) 983-3166
Moses Lake :
2nd Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm
Samaritan Hospital, Room 404
801 E Wheeler Road, Moses Lake
Contact: Jennifer McCarthy - 509-766-1907
Olympia:
2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:00 – 7:30 pm,
Providence St. Peter Hospital Campus, Emilie Gamelin Pavilion, Third
Floor Classroom, 410 Providence Lane, Olympia
Contact: Pat Gabrielse at (360) 493-4432
Pullman:
3rd Tuesday of each month, 7 - 9 p.m.
First meeting, Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Pullman Regional Hospital, Conference Room B
835 SE Bishop Boulevard, Pullman
Contact: Alice Brown - 509-338-4507
Puyallup:
1st and 3rd Thursdays from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Good Samaritan Hospital in the Mt. Rainier Room, Puyallup
Contact: Sheri and Ed Van Veldhouse at (253) 841-9635 or
sherivanv@yahoo.com
Quad Cities:
2nd Saturday of each month, 9:00 am
Tri State Memorial Hospital 1221 Highland Avenue, Clarkston
Contact: Deby Smith at (208) 305-4789
msdebys@yahoo.com
San Juan County:
Telephone Support only, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Contact: Andrea Simmons at (360) 378-9541
Seattle/Cherry Hill:
Due to regular meeting days falling on or very near holidays, meeting days have been changed for November and December only.
Meeting time and locations remain the same.
Holiday Meeting Schedule 2009 for 4th Thursday Meeting at Swedish/Cherry Hill
November - Meeting will be on the third Thursday, November 19th.
December - Meeting will be on the third Thursday, December 17th.
2nd Thursday of the month, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Frontier Room Restaurant/Belltown
2203 1st Avenue, Seattle
4th Thursday of the month, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Casey or Mother Joseph Room, inside the cafeteria,
at Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill Campus
500 17th Avenue, Seattle
Contact for both groups: Jennifer Peloquin (206) 938-6363
or Zsche Navarre at (206) 818-2050
http://cherryhillsupportgroup.blogspot.com/
Harborview Medical Center:
February Topic: Brain Injury Association of Washington's Support Services Director, Janet Mott and Support Group Coordinator, Valerie Wootton will discuss BIAWA resources and TBI Conference.
First Thursday of Every month From 12:00pm to 1:00pm
at the Harborview Medical Center in the Maleng Building Room MB 112.
For people who have had a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Family friends and caregivers are invited to attend.
Contact Shannon McKeever (206) 744-8139 for more information.
Seattle/Wallingford:
3rd Tuesday of each month, 4:00 – 5:30 pm,
Room 202, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside N, Seattle
Contact: Janet Novinger at (206) 547-2526
Sequim/Port Angeles:
Meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of each
month, 3:00 to 4:30 pm. VFW site at 169 East Washington Street,
Sequim WA 98382
Contacts: Stephen Stratton (360) 582-9502 (please leave message) or
Kurt Rittenmyer 360-683-8901
Skagit Valley:
2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Skagit Valley Hospital, San Juan Room across from Cafeteria, Mt.
Vernon, WA
Contact: Valerie Wootton at (360) 961-5899..
South Snohomish County:
3rd Thursday of each month, 6:30 – 8:30 pm,
Stevens Hospital, 21601 76th Avenue W, Edmonds, WA
West side of the cafeteria on the 2nd floor of the main hospital
building
Contact: Jeff Slater at (425) 466-0900 or Lou Nash at (425) 776-7264
Spokane County Brain Injury
Support Group:
4th Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:30 pm
Spokane County Library, 12004 East Main, Spokane Valley
Contact: Craig Sicilia at (509) 218-7982 or Toby Brown 509-868-5388
TBI Survivor Support Group:
2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S Cowley Street, Room 200
Spokane
Contact: Craig Sicilia (509) 218-7982 and Robert Saddler (509) 954-8936
Family & Care Giver Brain
Injury Support Group:
4th Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S Cowley Street, Room 200
Spokane
Michele White 509-534-9380 and Craig Sicilia (509) 218-7982
TBI Self Development
Workshops:
2nd and 4th Tuesdays 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Downtown Public Library, 900 West Main Spokane
Contact: Craig Sicilia at (509) 218-7982
Education – Transition
Brain Injury Support Group:
For current schedule, please call:
Contact: Craig Sicilia at (509) 218-7982 or
Web page:
http://www.biawaspokane.org/
Stanwood-Camano
Island-North Snohomish County:
3rd Monday of each month, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7430 276th Street NW, Stanwood
Contact: Karen Furney at (425) 268-2934
Tacoma:
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
TACID Center, 6315 South 19th Street, Tacoma
Contact: Penny Condoll (253) 426-5735 or email
tbisg@comcast.net
Web site:
https://home.comcast.net/~tbisg/
Tri Cities:
1st Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm,
The Neurological Resource Center, 712 Swift Blvd, #1, Richland
Contact: (509) 943-8455 or
tnrc@kadlecmed.org
Vancouver:
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, 2:00 pm
disAbility Resources of Southwest Washington, 2700 NE Andresen,
Suite D5, Vancouver
Contact: Cacy Lee at (360) 694-6790 or e-mail:
disabilityresources@darsw.com
Website:
www.darsw.com
Walla Walla:
Monthly Phone Conferences Contact: Craig Sicilia at (509)
218-7982
Walla Walla:
2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm
First Meeting, Tuesday, October 13, 2009
St. Mary Medical Center, Mother Joseph Room
401 W. Poplar Street, Walla Walla
Contact: Johnda Smith, MSW - 509-540-2589
Wellpinit Tribal Brain
Injury Support Group:
2nd Monday of each month closed to tribal residents only
Contact: Craig Sicilia at (509) 218-7982 or call Jack Louie,
Wellpinit Human Services, (509)458-6500
Website:
www.spokanetribe.com
Whidbey Island –
Coupeville:
1st Monday of each month, 6:30 – 8:30 pm,
Whidbey General Hospital – Board Room.
Contact: Arlene/Allen House at (360) 682-5214 or e-mail
rwriter2000@comcast.net
Whitman County Brain Injury
Support Group:
Pullman Regional Hospital, Pullman, meeting times vary, please call
for details
Contact: Sha Peterson at (509) 747-6166
Yakima:
3rd Wednesday of each month, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm,
Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center, 110 S 9th Avenue, Yakima,
5th Floor Conference Room
Contact: Teresa Shervey (509) 573-3481 or
emailteresa.shervey@hma.com
NOTE: This group does not meet in July or August
PROVIDED BY OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS
A bulletin board/discussion group:
has been started for and by persons who have survived a brain injury
at:
http://danw10923.proboards61.com/index.cgi?board=general
Seattle hydrocephalus Group:
We meet the third
Saturday of each month in the Casey Room at Swedish Hospital's
Providence Campus at 17th & Jefferson. The room is located in the
dining room on the main floor. We meet from 1-3 pm & welcome
friends, families & those living with hydrocephalus. Our contact
information follows: Kim Andersen 206-324-4084 and Diana Pozzi
206-282-6107
Aspergers NW support group
Central Washington Disability Resources:
422 N. Pine Street, Ellensburg.
For individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries or similar disorders:
2nd Monday of every month, Noon - 1:30 p.m. Bring brown bag lunch.
4th Thursday of every month, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee and support.
3rd Wednesday of every month, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Caregiving and family
support issues.
Childrens Hydrocephalus support group:
Contact: Lori Poliski/Paul Gross (425) 482-0470
Cerebral Palsy Association of Pierce County:
TACID Center,
6315 S. 19th St. Tacoma.
Contact: Kathryn Fischer at
253-584-2261
OTR/L, SibShop Coordinator at Good Samaritan Hospital:
402 – 15th
Ave. S.E., Ste. 100, Puyallup, WA 98372. We welcome all typically
developing brothers and sisters, kids and teenagers who have a sib
with a disability or chronic health condition. To register,
call Colleen at 253-697-5225. For Sibshop questions, call Raphielle
Chynoweth at 253 848-6661, ext. 5245. Email Raphielle at raphiellechynoweth@goodsamhealth.org
Seattle Childrens Home
2142 10 Ave W. 206-283-3300
Karen Roe 206-782-2232
Seattle, WA.8119
Spokane Hydrocephalus Support Group:
1st Thursday,
7:00 p.m., Providence Faith & Healing Center, Room 12.
Contact:
Trish 509-235-5966.
Stroke Support Group (Spokane):
3rd Thursday, 3:00 –
5:00 p.m., Room 200, St. Luke’s Rehab Institute
711 S., Cowley
in Spokane. Contact: Patsy Sites at 509-838-4771.
Tacoma Area Stroke Support Group:
2nd Thursday of the
month, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at TACID Center at 6315 So 19th Street in
Tacoma. Contact: Linda Thompson (253) 472-0857.
WA State Parent to Parent:
Contact: Susan Atkins at (425) 641-7504
for county and location nearest to you or email statep2p@earthlink.net
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center -Stroke and Brain Injury Support
Group
Facilitated by Susan Howell, LICSW (509) 664-4868, ext. 5983
This support group is open to any Stroke and Brain Injury Survivor
and their family members or caregivers. This group meets the 3rd
Wed. of each month, at WVMC, conference room A, from 1:30 to 3:00pm.
See address below here.
WVMC
820 N. Chelan Ave.
Wenatchee WA 98801
WICPA (Washington Intractable Chronic Pain Association):
3rd Friday each month at noon (No July or August meetings) St. Luke’s
Rehab Institute at 711 S., Cowley in Spokane. Contact: Chris
Salsbury at (253) 328-8534
Washington State Department of Services for the Blind
3411 South Alaska Street,
Seattle, WA 98118
(206) 721-4422
Washington Talking Book & Braille
Library 2021 – 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121-2783
206-615-0200
Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted
9709 – 3rd Avenue,
Suite 100, Seattle, WA 9811-52027
206-615-0400
Mary Morhman: 206-363-0636
Ms. Morhman is very knowledgeable of the blind
and organizations that work with the blind.
Recreation/Social Groups
Note: There may be a small charge for the groups - call for
information.
Headliners:
Sponsored by Tacoma Metro Park District. Meets 3rd
Wednesday of each month at 11:30 am – 2:00 p.m. at South Park
Community Center at 4851 S. Tacoma Way in Tacoma. Contact: Kathy at
253-591-5314.
Puyallup Group:
meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
at Good Samaritan Hospital in the Mt. Rainier Room Facilitators are
Sheri and Ed Van Veldhouse. Contact: them by
sherivanv@yahoo.com or 253-841-9635
Ski For All:
Year long outdoor recreational activities i.e.
cross-country downhill, biking, hiking, canoeing, day camps & more.
Admin Office at 1621-114th Avenue S.E., Ste. 132,
Bellevue. Call any program director at 425-462-0978.
info@skiforall.org
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