HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

The Fairmont Hotel - Dallas
1717 N. Akard Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
(800) 441-1414 or (214) 720-2020
www.fairmont.com/dallas

The official hotel for the 24th Annual Clinical Symposium is the Fairmont Dallas located in Dallas, Texas. A special room rate of $135 per night single/double occupancy is available for meeting participants. It is strongly recommended that you make your reservations as soon as possible. This rate is offered on a space-available basis through July 10, 2006. Special-rate reservations may be made by calling the hotel at (800) 441-1414, (214) 720-2020 or online at www.fairmont.com with the promo code GRACS1. Please be sure to mention that you are with the NAOT Annual Symposium to receive the reduced convention rate.

ONLINE HOTEL RESERVATIONS DIRECTIONS:

 1. Go to www.fairmont.com
On the right side of the page under Check Availability
-Select the Dallas property
-Put in arrival and departure dates
-Next to the “check availability and rates” button there is an arrow. click on that and it will provide a space for the promotional code
-Put in the Promotional Code of GRACS1 (required to get discounted room rates)
-Click on the “check availability and rates” button

2. This will bring you to the selection page with the NAOT Room Rates of $135 per night single/double.

3. Once you have chosen a room, click the continue button at the bottom, it will take you through the payment process.

AIR TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION

The Fairmont Dallas is located fifteen miles from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Taxi fares from the airport to the hotel are approximately $38.00 one-way. The Yellow Checker Shuttle has continuous service from the hotel at 5 minutes before each hour and 25 minutes past each hour between 5:55 am – 5:55 pm.  Cost is $17 each way.  All shuttles that are Van-sized or smaller pick up on the front drive of the hotel. Mini-buses and coaches pick up at the south entrance to the hotel.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS (CEUs)

NAOT members can pay for their CEUs along with their conference registration fees, after which NAOT will log CEUs earned directly with NBCOT. Simply mark the appropriate box on the on-line registration form and submit the $40 CEU logging fee. Please note that if you have made an appointment to take the examination in Dallas during the week of the conference, CEUs earned at the symposium will now be eligible to be logged as CEUs during the recertification process.

The educational sessions at the 2006 symposium will be submitted to the following certification agencies for continuing education credits (credit hours will be posted at a later date for NATABOC, ASRT, BOC, ABC and NBCOPA):

National Board of Certification (NBCOT) www.nbcot.net
-Applied for 23 Category 1 credits (11 which are Category 1A for OT-SCs)
Attendees can earn an additional 4-8 CEUs for pre-conference sessions on Wednesday, August 2.

National Association of Athletic Trainers Board of Certification (NATABOC) www.nataboc.org
-Symposium approved for 22 Category 1 credits

American Society of Radiological Technologists (ASRT)
www.asrt.org

National Board for Certification of Orthopaedic Physician’s Assistants (NBCOPA)

Board of Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification

American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC)
-Approved for 24.75 credits