"preparatory session" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a meeting or training session that is specifically designed to prepare someone for a future event or task. Example: We held a preparatory session for all the new employees to familiarize them with our company's policies and procedures before they officially start working.
Benn had read his intended speech to his two special advisers in a preparatory session for the debate.
At outdoor pools, visitors can take a 20-minute preparatory session and then wade in and touch 2,000-pound 2,000-pounda whites.
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.
The preparatory session, the third, was scheduled recently because of deep disagreements over whether compensation for slavery and stringent criticism of Israel should be included in the conference agenda.
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.
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.
Preparatory sessions meet in August.
His preparatory sessions were under the guidance of a Catholic priest, Mark O'Toole, who is Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor's private secretary.
And so there has been no hand holding for Julian and Joy, no Russian-language interpreters or preparatory sessions.
The program provides an introductory sampling of hands-on science and engineering activities mixed with high school preparatory sessions.
In their preparatory sessions, the consultants must directly, personally, and intellectually take on Frank Maloney's challenge of quickly reversing GloBank's financial and market-share losses.
