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Tod Schneider

894 West 4th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97402 USA

home: 541-343-6813  office: 541-682-8186

todschneider@hotmail.com       www.safeschooldesign.com

Private Consultant

·        Safe, Healthy and Positive Environmental Design for Schools.

·        Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.

·        Violence Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Hope Building.

·        School, Personal and Workplace Safety.

·        Confrontation Management

·        Community Policing, Community Enhancement and Problem Solving.

Summary:

I have taught all aspects of Safe, Healthy and Positive Environmental Design (SHAPED) and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for schools at conferences and as in-services, and have inspected schools preventively and forensically (after events) for a variety of groups across the country, including the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, the U.S. Dept. of Education, Safe Havens International, the Peter Li Group (School Planning and Management and College Planning and Management publications), the Hamilton Fish Institute (Georgetown Univ.) and various school districts. I have also written a number of books and articles on related subjects. I also teach confrontation management, personal safety, and handling abuse disclosure workshops on a regular basis. I am a certified elementary school level Second Step violence prevention curriculum instructor, story teller and musician. I have thirty years of experience in school and personal safety, environmental design, violence prevention, and confrontation management. I am a full time crime prevention specialist for the Eugene, Oregon police department, with degrees in Journalism, Community Service and Public Affairs, and am on retainer to the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities for  school cpted and security technology writing and consulting.

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Experience

 Consultant and Speaker, 1990 to present. Consulting and presentations on:

  • Safe, Healthy and Positive Environmental Design for Schools (S.H.A.P.E.D.)
  • Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (C.P.T.E.D.)
  • Confrontation Management.
  • School Safety.
  • Violence Theory.
  • Domestic violence.
  • Responding to disclosures of child abuse or neglect.
  • Hope Building.
  • Sustainable Crime Prevention.

Groups served include:

  • 4j Schools, (OR)
  • Alsea school district, (OR)
  • American Institute of Architects (OR)
  • Arizona Juvenile Justice Association (AZ)
  • Bethel School district, (OR)
  • Campbell County HS, (TN)
  • College Planning and Management (MD)
  • Confederation of School Administrators (OR)
  • Crime Prevention Association of Oregon (OR)
  • Department of Homeland Security (DC)
  • Department of Justice (OR)
  • Eugene Police Dept. (OR)
  • Hamilton-Fish Institute (DC)
  • Hillsborough school district (FL)
  • Indianapolis Schools (IN)
  • Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (OR)
  • International Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Association (ICA)
  • Kansas Advisory Group
  • Koch Crime Institute (KS)
  • Lane County Criminal Justice Training Alliance (OR)
  • Lane County Domestic Violence Council (OR)
  • Lane Educational Service District, (OR)
  • National Center for Safer Schools
  • National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, (DC)
  • Northwest Regional Education Labs (OR)
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
  • Oregon Department of Education
  • Oregon Employers’ Council
  • Oregon Recreation and Parks Assoc. (OR)
  • Performance Institute (VA)
  • Professional Development Network (OR)
  • Safe Havens International
  • School Planning and Management (MD)
  • Springfield Schools (OR)
  • Tahoe Coalition of Recreation Providers, CA
  • U.S. Department of Education (DC)
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DC)
  • U.S. Forest Service (OR)
  • University of Oregon
  • Vanir Construction Management, (CA)
  • Western Community Policing Institute (OR)

 

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Selected Recent Projects include:

 

·        New School Security Technology white paper, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 03/10/2008

·        Confrontation Management for Parks Workers, ORPA, OR 01/30/2008

·        Confrontation Management for Parks Workers, Eugene Public Works 03/05/2008

·        Confrontation Management for Medical workers, OR 01/25/2008

·        Women’s Safety, Women in Construction, OR. 3/5/2008

·        Confrontation Management for Landlords, Eugene, Or 3/20/2008

·        CPTED analysis, Eugene Hearing and Speech Center 03/04/2008

·        CPTED consult, Northwest Youth Corps, OR 02/21/08

·        Child abuse disclosure training, Head Start, Eugene, OR 02/12/08

·        Security coordination, Project Homeless Connect, OR 02/07/2008

·        Writer, New School Security Technology, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, Washington, DC 2/2008.

·        School Safety and Security Workshops, School Planning and Management and College Planning and Management magazines, Baltimore, MD 11/2007

·         Workplace violence, SAIF, OR 11/15/2007

·        Hamilton Fish Annual Meeting, School Safety, Washington, D.C. 10/30/2007

·        Intensive School CPTED training, Indianapolis Schools, 10/17/2007

·        Confrontation Management, Pain Management Associates 10/3/07

·        CPTED, Construction Specifications Institute 09/27/2007

·        Confrontation Management, National Association of Housing Officials, OR 09/19/2007

·        Confrontation Management, Eugene Parks Maintenance, 08/29/2007

·        Consultant, New Orleans Community Summit on School to Jail Pipeline, OJJDP/ Hamilton Fish Institute 8/7/2007

·        Editor, School Safety and Technology Guide, Northwest Regional Education labs, Portland, OR 2007

·        School Crisis Response Trainer, Safe and Drug Free Schools national conference for annual grant recipients, San Antonio, TX 2007

·        Confrontation Management, Valley West Nursing Home 06/08/2007

·        Park safety and Pedophiles, Eugene Parks 06/06/2007

·        Confrontation Management, Employers’ Council of Oregon 05/09/2007

·        CPTED analysis, SERBU juvenile corrections facility 05/03/2007

·        CPTED, Crime Prevention Association of Oregon 04/24/2007

·        Realtor Safety, Windemere Realtors, OR, 04/13/2007

·        Confrontations Management for outreach workers, Options state conference, OR, 03/09/2007.

·        Confrontation Management, Oregon State Employment Division 02/15/2007

·        Security coordination, Project Homeless Connect 02/08/2007

 

2006 projects:

·        Comprehensive week-long CPTED boot camp, Hillsborough County School District police, Tampa, Florida.

·        Consultant to Department of Homeland Security & U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools, peer review of ViSAT School Safety Assessment tool, Washington, D.C.

·        Consultant and Editor, Safe School Facilities Checklist project, for National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, National Institute of Buildings, Washington, D.C.

·        CPTED inspection, Alsea 7J School district, OR.

·        CPTED inspection, Campbell County High, TN.

·        CPTED inspection, Lane School, OR.

·        Editor, “Witnessing Violence” lesson card, Second Step Violence Prevention Curriculum, Lane County Domestic Violence Council, OR.

·        Editor, Teacher’s Guide to Reporting Child Abuse, Lane County Domestic Violence Council, OR.

·        Presenter, CPTED fundamentals, Vanir CM, Universal City, CA.

·        Presenter, Oregon Employers’ Council, Confrontation Management and Motivational Communication seminars, OR.

·        Presenter, Performance Institute Safe Schools Summit, Arlington, VA.

·        Confrontation Management, Association of Oregon Counties.

·        Contributing author, Safe and Healthy Schools, (Oxford Press) Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

·        Contributing writer, School Administrator magazine.

·        Keynote Speaker: Building Hope. Tools for Advocacy Conference (OR)

·        Cross-cultural and Special Needs Briefing Book, Eugene Police Department (OR).

 

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Community Service Officer/ Crime Prevention Specialist, Eugene Police Department, 1987 to present. Commendations for Leadership in Diversity and Safe Schools projects.

·        Liaison to Latino, Disabled and Women’s communities. Built bridges between police and listed communities. (ongoing)

·        Housing Project prevention coordinator. Funded by HUD to provide prevention services to subsidized housing complexes, I established and ran the Saturday Great Kids Club. Mentoring, problem solving, role modeling. (1999)

·        Founder/editor, Community Safety Quarterly. C.S.Q. provided in-depth articles on community policing and underlying social issues. (1987-1992)

·        Coordinator, helping to establish the Whiteaker Public Safety Station, Eugene's first neighborhood-based sub-station. (1990-1991)

Board of Directors, International CPTED Association. 2000-2002

 

Writer:

 

New School Security Technologies (NCEF 2008)

Safe School Design guide, web-based (NWREL 2003 and 2007)

Safe School Facilities Checklist (NCEF 2005-present)

Creating Safer School Facilities, State Education Standard, The Journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education (July 2006)

Transcending Violence, (Trafford 2002)

The Uncle Bunkle Stories/ Los Cuentos de Tio Bobadillo (Uncle Bunkle Press 2003)

Safe School Design, University of Oregon College of Education, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior, Senior Author, with Hill Walker and Jeff Sprague, (Eric Clearinghouse, 2000)
Editor/Writer, Community Safety Quarterly, (City of Eugene, 1987 to 1993)

Contributing writer:

Safe and Healthy Schools, with Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., (Oxford Press 2006)

(Reprint of NWREL material)The State Education Standard, special edition, safety and injury prevention in schools. National Associate of State Boards of Education 2006.

Crime Watch newsletter, (Federal Protective Service, DHS region 10, March 2006.)

Child and Family Magazine (2001)

ERIC Digest: Safe School Design (2001)

ERIC Digest: School Security Technology (2001)

Parks and Recreation Magazine (2000)

Eugene Weekly (1994)

Transitions Abroad (1992)

NCAP News/Journal of Pesticide Reform (1983-1985)

Writing Counselor, University of Oregon Learning Center (1981-1982)

Communication Specialist, Eugene Department of Public Safety. (1985 – 1987)

Central Lane Communications (9-1-1) call-taker. Police, fire and medical emergencies.

Community Educator, Lane County Council on Alcoholism, Eugene. (1983 – 1985) Lecturing and writing; alcoholism and other substance abuse related topics.

Agency Director, White Bird Clinic, Eugene. (1980 – 1982)
Coordinating social service agency, providing crisis intervention, counseling, medical, legal, information and referral services. Founder, the Willamette School of Human Services.

Program Coordinator, Hospital Audiences, Inc., New York, NY. (1979)
Supervising 12 art therapists working with 500 severely over-institutionalized senior and developmentally disabled clients.

Crisis Supervisor/Counselor, White Bird Clinic, Eugene. (1974 – 1978)

Mobile and in-clinic crisis services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Depression, suicide, drug abuse, violence, and psychotic episode intervention.

 

Consultant instructor, Eugene and Oregon State Police, (1976-1978)

Drug education, crisis response.

 

Education

 

 

Resume updated 10 March 2008