2023 DAY ONE:
Focus on Resources

Handle with Care Presentation
Handle With Care (HWC) programs support children through improved communication and collaboration between law enforcement, schools, and mental health providers to ensure children that have been exposed to potentially traumatic events receive appropriate interventions. This presentation will provide a general introduction on the HWC program, the online HWC notification system, and how to get started in creating a trauma-informed community.
Christopher Robinson, Kara Anderson, & Hillary Brandon, MDHHS-HWC

ALERRT – Response to Active Shooter Events
Law enforcement officers and agencies are frequently requested by schools, businesses, and community members for direction and presentations on what they should do if confronted with an active shooter event, providing strategies, guidance and a proven plan for surviving an active shooter event. Topics include the history and prevalence of active shooter events, civilian response options, medical issues, and considerations for conducting drills.
John Cantarella - NE Mgr for ALERRT

Working Lunch with New SRO’s
This working lunch includes a PowerPoint presentation that covers issues related to new school liaison officers or for those starting or re-starting a school liaison program.

Michigan Office of School Safety and OK2SAY
OK2SAY is a student safety program that allows students to confidentially report tips on potential self-harm, harm to others, or criminal acts directed at students, school employees, or schools using a comprehensive communication system to facilitate tip sharing about harmful behaviors that threaten to disrupt the learning environment. In this session, you will learn more about OK2SAY and ways the program can be used for intelligence gathering and information sharing to protect the students and staff in your community. 
Mary Drew, The Michigan Office of School Safety - OK2Say Grants and Community Service Division

Focused Information!

2023 DAY TWO:
Focus on Shared Experiences/Lessons Learned

Wednesday is designated as Educator’s Day. The focus of this day is to provide an opportunity for school officials to benefit from SEPLA Conference experience. The cost for the day is $150, and covers lunch, breaks and materials for the day. It is our hope that this experience will provide school officials with valuable resources as we work together in protecting Michigan’s children and schools.

Anticipating the Unthinkable
Carly shares her story of no one being prepared for what happened inside Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. She shares what went wrong and right on that day and the days and years to follow. She shares her perspective on the events and how a community, first responders and educators alike, can be proactive and be prepared for the unthinkable. Carly gives real solutions on school safety, reunification, and recovery in the aftermath.
Carly Posey, Mission Director,
I Love U Guys Foundation,
Sandy Hook parent of 4

School District and Public Safety Collaboration Before, During, and After Active Violence
This session’s goal is to provide school administrators and resource officers with insight into how their internal processes and procedures can “set the table” for the strategies and tactics emergency responders will utilize. Exploring what is everyone’s experience with critical incident response? Who has been involved in a unified command structure? Explore hurdles or roadblocks during critical incident response and review of Best Practices and Connecting the Dots between Preparedness and Response.
Staff Lt. Jim Etzin, EMT-P, IC,
Training Officer Farmington Hills FD, Emergency Medical Services Coordinator at Oakland County Tactical Training Consortium (OAKTECH)

Recent Events Tabletop Group Discussions
Current and relevant scenario-based table top discussions that effect schools and communities in Michigan will be discussed.

Essential Training!

2023 DAY THREE:
Focus on Hands-On Training

OFF-SITE TRAINING
POLICE SCENARIO TRAINING
Active shooter training will be emphasizing hands-on, interactive and multi scenario-based situations that are designed to simulate real life stress and circumstances encountered in the field. Lead instructor of these simulations is Lt. Michael Nast of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office along with the Livingston Regional SWAT team.

To better protect Michigan's schools and communities!