{"id":1277,"date":"2016-01-16T11:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T17:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:50:20","slug":"jalumna-helps-brain-injury-survivors-return-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/jalumna-helps-brain-injury-survivors-return-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Helps Brain Injury Survivors Return to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reading time: 3 minutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n When people sustain a stroke or a head trauma, most often by falling or through motor vehicle accidents, they may experience brain injury\u00a0that significantly affects their physical or cognitive abilities. As a vocational rehabilitation counselor, Beth Dauber, \u201909, helps survivors relearn lost skills so they can return to work or begin new careers.<\/p>\n Through the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA), industry peers named Dauber the 2016 Rehabilitation Counselor of the Year<\/a>. The award will be presented during the American Counseling Association’s Nation Conference on April 6. Dauber serves as president of the Missouri Rehabilitation Association Eastern Chapter.<\/p>\n \u201cHer work truly exemplifies what a great vocational counselor should be.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cBeth demonstrates the ability, passion and enthusiasm that helps her to make a difference in the lives of the individuals she works with,\u201d Karen Klenke, Dauber\u2019s supervisor, wrote in her nominating letter for the ARCA award. \u201cHer work truly exemplifies what a great vocational counselor should be.\u201d<\/p>\n