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Show I Training given in recreational therapy j The use of water .therapy in caring for the mentally retarded j; developmentally disabled was i taught at a special seminar held at Hie Utah State Training School as ! Part of the Utah Nursing Home j Directors program. About 150 individuals attended, ; learning different types . of j techniques that can be used in ; recreation therapy treatments for toe MR-DD. ) The program also included sensory motor program training, first aid counseling and crisis intervention, in-tervention, and medicine and the mentally retarded, officials said. Speakers emphasized "loving care is the most significant element in aiding people who are mentally retarded." "If I had to choose between (modern) technology and giving in selecting staff, I would choose staff who emphatically care," one speaker stressed. |