22 For ticket information, call 843-3800. With this honor, they join the ranks of such notable magicians as Doug Henning, Penn and Teller, David Copperfield and Chris Angel. The Spencers recently received the Merlin Award for International Magicians of the Year. Spencer, like SECA founder and event organizer Dustin Chandler, is an advocate for special needs children.
As a filmmaker, he recently completed the short documentary “Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic” about the healing journey of a young man who overcame the crippling effects of fetal brain injury through magic. Magician and speaker Kevin Spencer will be the main event at this month’s Special Education Community Alliance meeting at Spain Park High School. He holds a certification in autism studies and is in the process of receiving his certification as a qualified autism services practitioner. He is not only a master illusionist, he is adjunct faculty at the University of Alabama in Birmingham and is widely considered to be the leading authority of magic tricks as therapy. Spencer has managed to combine his two passions of healing and illusion into a unique career of entertainment and therapy. It was an inspiring day working alongside the team at QuaverED to adapt some of the Hocus Focus lessons to social-emotional learning competencies Shared by Kevin Spencer, Ph.D. Hocus Focus, the Spencers’ production company, markets the production as a combination of storytelling, state-of-the art technology, original theatrical elements and stage illusions that take the audience to the “brink of impossibility.” Among the many amazing feats, Spencer might perform Houdini illusions such as walking through a solid brick wall or replicating Houdini’s water trick. Development and Validation of the Hocus Focus Magic Performance Evaluation Scale for Health Professions Personnel in the United States Authors Kevin Spencer 1, Hon Keung Yuen 2, Max Darwin 3, Gavin Jenkins 4, Kimberly Kirklin 5 Affiliations 1 Department of Education, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. After displaying mind-bending feats of illusion, he invites willing audience members to participate on stage. The UAB Magic Camp is part of a collaboration between UABs Department of Occupational Therapy, Childrens of Alabama, Hocus Focus and the UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine. With a background in clinical psychology, Kevin said, “I was going to help people’s minds, now I just mess with them.”Īctually, he accomplishes both. Do you know Kevin Spencer Here’s a look at all the amazing things he does through his Hocus Focus program with the autism, special needs and inclusive classrooms in our local schools. Gavin is the Chair of the UAB Department of Occupational Therapy and Kevin is the Magic Therapy Designer and Magic Camp Curriculum Creator. The family-friendly show blends Broadway style theater production with the high energy of a rock concert. Spencer is the creator of the Magic Therapy and Hocus Focus programs.
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