Our Services
Brain Injury Association of SC (BIASC) is the only nonprofit organization in the state dedicated to supporting children and adults with brain injury. We have been helping individuals with brain injuries, their families, caregivers, and professionals in South Carolina since 1998. BIASC provides education and resources statewide to members of the brain injury community, including healthcare providers, state agencies, nonprofits, parents, coaches, athletes, legislators, educators, and law enforcement. We strive every day to make sure South Carolinians affected by brain injury have the support and information they need to recover and thrive. We are the “voice” of brain injury in SC and we represent the brain injury community.
Services BIASC provides:
Through the SC Visibility Project, the BIASC provides a tote bag filled with information about TBI diagnoses, symptoms, services including support groups, BIASC toll free help line, Medicaid, SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SCDDSN) to TBI patients and their families at our state's level 1 trauma centers.
This project also provides training for law enforcement about brain injury and skills needed when assisting survivors.
BIASC maintains a toll-free helpline and provides resource facilitation to assure that all persons with brain injuries, their families and professionals are directed to appropriate resources and services.
BIASC supports eleven brain injury support groups statewide by offering financial assistance and training, allowing these groups to provide peer support for survivors and family members as well as participate in social activities. BIASC developed a new Brain Injury Support Group Manual for SC Groups.
BIASC provides education through a statewide conference and trainings for survivors, family members, and providers. BIASC also provides training to case managers, counselors, nurses, and other providers as requested by state agencies and private providers.
In 2019, BIASC began the SC Brain Injury Safety Net Project. The goal of the project is to create much-needed state-wide resources and infrastructure to support children with traumatic brain injuries and their families, schools and medical providers. BIASC has modified the REAP manual to be specific for SC. REAP stands for: Remove/Reduce, Educate, Adjust/Accommodate, and Pace. These are return to learn guidelines following a concussion in school age children and adolescents.
BIASC provides information about brain injury diagnosis, symptoms, and recovery by exhibiting at education events, and through a website, yearly newsletter, email listserv and social media.
BIASC partners with other states in the Unmasking Brain Injury Project. The main goal of this project is to offer brain injury survivors the opportunity to create their own masks and tell their own story. The masks are displayed in public places for educational and outreach purposes.
BIASC partners with SC ThinkFirst Injury Prevention Chapters across the state to teach children how to make good choices to avoid experiencing a TBI or Spinal Cord Injury.
BIASC advocates for brain injury services with the SC legislature by meeting with senators and representatives on issues impacting brain injury survivors and caregivers.