Patricia Wilbarger, MEd, OT, FAOTA will be assisting Tracy Murnan Stackhouse in Session D: The Power of the Sensory Diet Concept as well as hosting her own special Roundtable Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 6-7pm. To sign up for any of the speakers' roundtables, please email us with your first and second choices.

This week we also made the difficult decision to cancel Session J: My 25+ Favorite Oral Motor Techniques due to lack of interest. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have Judy Jelm with us next year.

Also, January 29th is last day to reserve your sleeping room at the Minneapolis Airport Marriott at the RAIR Symposium rate of $108/night including internet in your room. Staying at the Marriott enables you to miss all the traffic when getting to your session in the morning and the hotel provides a shuttle to the Mall of America for evening fun, or stay in and enjoy the hotel's restaurant. Either way, you'll get a good night's sleep and be ready for the next day's sessions.

The RAIR Symposium offers a plethora of terrific sessions from which to choose, so the question becomes, "Which session/s should I take?" Here are some suggestions to help you make your choice/s:

1. Read the descriptions on the website or brochure carefully to see if one or more of the sessions resonates with your particular interests. If you're not sure, check our archives to see if the speaker for the session you might like to take has posted a blog that gives more details or insights than the description.

2. Consider your learning style. If you learn best by demonstration and actively participating, you might want to take one of the sessions that has a strong practicum/lab component (sessions E, F, H, I, K, and L; sessions C and J also include some lab activity). If you feel the need to have more theory and research at your fingertips, consider sessions A, B, and G. All sessions will include practical application of information to take away and put into practice.

3. Divide and conquer! One of the best ways to take advantage of what the Symposium has to offer is to gather your teammates and colleagues and split up. With everyone taking a different session, you can bring back tons of information to share. Of course, it is sometimes helpful to have more than one of your teammates at the same season because there can be a lot of information to take in and "two heads are better than one."

However you chose, know that if you arrive to your session at the RAIR Symposium and realize it’s not for you, you don’t have to stay there. Just come to the registration table and we may be able to switch you to another session. We want you to get the most out your time with us.

How do you choose your sessions? Tell us in the comments.

Thank you for visiting the Richter AIR Symposium website. We hope you will bookmark this page and continue to check as we continue updating the site.

As sessions are confirmed, we will be adding their information. We'll also be adding licensure information as it becomes available. We hope to have a few surprises to add as well.

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We hope to see you in February!

Alexis