

When occupational therapy and magic collide. Spencer, K., Jenkins, G., Davis, and Yuen, H. Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 16(8) Development and validation of the Hocus Focus Magic Performance Scale for health professions personnel. Spencer, K., Yuen, H., Darwin, M., Jenkins, G. International Journal of Applied Arts Studies, Content validation of a checklist to evaluate therapists’ competency in delivering magic tricks. English Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies, February 2020. A Pilot Study: Magic tricks in the ELL classroom increasing verbal communication initiative and self-efficacy. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, March 2020. Evaluation of a magic camp for children with hemiparesis: A Pilot study. Spencer, K., Yuen, H., Jenkins, G., Kirklin, K., Griffin, A., Vogtle, L., & Davis, D. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, 14(1). The magic of magic camp from the perspective of children with hemiparesis. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. Bailey (Ed.), Creative Arts Therapy Careers: Succeeding as a Creative Professional.

Hocus Focus: Magic as a creative art therapy. Contribution of a virtual magic camp to enhancing self-esteem in children with ADHD: A pilot study.

Yuen, H., Spencer, K., Kirklin, K., Edwards, L., & Jenkins, G. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(1). Magic trick training program to improve social skills and self-esteem in adolescents with autism. Spencer, K., Yuen, H., Jenkins, G., Kirklin, K., & Edwards, L. Spencer and his colleagues have published several studies in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to education and healthcare. If the arts have any hope of remaining relevant in our schools and healthcare, practitioners must be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of an arts-based approach across multiple dimensions, including cognition. Conducting research to support this unique and innovative approach is critical.
