Paul Wehman, Ph.D.
Director, Rehabilitation Research & Training Center
pwehman@vcu.org | 804-828-1852
Dr. Wehman receiving the 2018 Distinguished Scholarship Award
Dr. Wehman speaks about the employment of people with physical and intellectual disabilities
Paul Wehman, Ph.D., has been a tenured faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University since 1976. Originally with the VCU School of Education, he moved to a joint appointment with SOE and the School of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and has now returned to an exclusive faculty appointment with SOE. His highly interdisciplinary background and pioneering work in the beginning of supported employment have facilitated millions of persons with neurodevelopmental disabilities, brain injury, and spinal cord injury all over the world to gain and retain competitive employment.
He has been the Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for 40 years (1983-2023; Dec. 2024-present). He has written extensively on issues related to transition from school to adulthood and special education as it relates to young adulthood and employment and is founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. Dr.Wehman has been the recipient of numerous awards, and he’s been the Principal Investigator on more than $90 million in federal and state grants since joining VCU.
Projects
Directs and oversees all projects of RRTC.
University Affiliations:
VCU School of Allied Health Professions
VCU Department of Rehabilitation Counseling
Publication Resources:
Search National Rehabilitation Information Center Dr. Wehman's Publications
Editorial
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation- Editor-in-Chief
Publications
Articles:
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Inge,
K., Graham,
C., Brookes-Lane,
N., Wehman,
P.
&
Griffin,
C.
(2018).
Defining customized employment as an evidence-based practice: The results of a focus group study.
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation,
48(2),
155-166.
https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-180928