The phrase "a preparatory session" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a meeting or gathering that is intended to prepare for a future event or activity.
Example: "Before the main conference, we will hold a preparatory session to discuss the agenda and logistics."
Alternatives: "an introductory meeting" or "a planning session".
Benn had read his intended speech to his two special advisers in a preparatory session for the debate.
Each summer, each institution will hold a preparatory session and then hold two 10-day sessions together, one in Tokyo, one in Princeton; the topics for the three workshops are urbanism, media and the individual.
Mr. Blier, a pianist and the artistic director of the New York Festival of Song, has revived the original French lyrics, written a seductive piano accompaniment and recruited the baritone John Brancy, whose layered reading of the piece at a preparatory session in Mr. Blier's Manhattan apartment late last month convinced all concerned that it could hold its own in a rarefied program of art songs.
Each experimental session was preceded by a preparatory session in which the participant's inter-pupillary distance was measured, the instructions were provided, and training about the appropriate head translation velocity and the magnitude estimation task was provided.
This protocol, consisting of 18 sessions administered on alternate days, is always preceded by a preparatory session, called neuropostural optimization.
The administration sent diplomats to a final preparatory session in Geneva to try to massage the language of proposed conference documents to eliminate references to demands for reparations and references offensive to Israel.
Thirty children struggling academically or socially were ordered to attend a two-week preparatory session, which served as a trial run for everything from bathroom procedures (children must sign a log) to Scholar Dollars, a point system to monitor attitude.
At outdoor pools, visitors can take a 20-minute preparatory session and then wade in and touch 2,000-pound 2,000-pounda whites.
Both treatments were delivered in 20 50-min sessions, preceded by one 90-min preparatory session, and followed by a review session 20 weeks after the completion of treatment.
A preparatory lab session was also developed and incorporated before lab 1 of the module to allow students to learn basic lab skills and operate equipment, and additional microscopy training sessions were provided to instructors.
The American report coincided with the final preparatory session to iron out issues over which the United States has raised objections before the World Conference on Racism in Durban this month.
