David Copperfield's Project Magic!!!

omg omg omg!!i like david copperfield now!!!!
wat do u think abt magic?cheating?entertaining?for chase gal?
nonono!!now!magic is a therapy!!!!!yes!!therapy!!to cure ppl!!
david copperfield is combine magic and medical!and it become a therapy!!
what the xxxx!!he is genius!!
yay~~i got new job~~

"Project Magic is a program, designed by David Copperfield , where teams of magicians and occupational therapists work together to teach sleight of hand to physically-challenged patients to aid in their rehabilitation

The tricks taught in Project Magic functions on several different levels, and were designed to help improve dexterity , coordination , visual perception spatial relationships, and cognitive skills. There are specific magic tricks developed for varying disabilities. Another, and perhaps, more important benefit of Project Magic, is that it motivates the patients' therapy and helps them build self-esteem

David got the idea for Project Magic from a magician that he had been corresponding with for some time. Once, when David received a press clipping in one of the letters, he was surprised to learn from the photograph that the young man was in a wheelchair. "He had never referred to the fact that he was in a wheelchair," explained David. "His own self-image wasn't one that had a disability." This led David to wonder if magic could help recovering patients gain the same self-confidence"

"Magic motivation

Magic tricks, on the other hand, both engage and motivate continually. "There's always another trick that builds on the motor skills they've acquired in an earlier and easier illusion," says DeJean. "For kids, that's a real motivator because they are continually amazed and delighted, and they can share these effects with their friends and parents."
It also works for older patients. "They want to entertain their children and grandkids too," adds DeJean.
As a result patients spend far more time voluntarily on acquiring complex and sequential series of motor skills than they might otherwise tolerate.

"There are a limited number of times you can get a child to muster the effort it takes to do routine tasks," says DeJean. "But it takes many repetitions until the skill is mastered. When they learn magic they often practice endlessly and that translates into better results more quickly accomplished."
And it's not only physical. Some of PM's greatest successes are mental, including:
Cognitive function — "Project Magic is perfect for people with brain injuries where cognitive issues have to be addressed," says DeJean. "Performing magic requires a lot of planning and sequencing —- putting things in the correct order so they work."

Speech — "To perform a magic trick the magician needs to learn patter," says DeJean. Effective magician's patter is not just talking to an audience, but using language and physical skills entwined to misdirect viewers' attention away from the sleights of hand as well. "For a lot of our patients with language deficits it's great practice."
Self-esteem — "When someone with a disability does something that another with full physical functions cannot it can help build morale and self-esteem," says DeJean. She notes that many mind reading tricks such a guessing a number involve series of complex mental mathematical calculations.
Depression — The achievement, functioning, and social give-and-take that come from practicing and performing magic often help those who are depressed.

Social skills — Magicians have to learn skills by interacting with a teacher, share questions and answers with an audience, and then teach what they've learned to others. These necessary promptings can work wonders. "Sometimes therapists have told David about a patient he has made a breakthrough with that they were not able to reach in any other way," says DeJean.

Even many of the most severely disabled can learn magic. DeJean notes that "mind reading" tricks are popular with quadriplegics. "Here's something they can do that astounds their fully mobile friends."
But not everybody can learn the tricks of the trade from Copperfield and DeJean. Their magic is for patients and hospital staffs only. "And we absolutely do not tell how it's done," says DeJean.
Just about anyone can see the results, however. A number of PM graduates now share their magic professionally"

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here is video
http://www.digiquick.com.au/pmagic.wmv