| Programs by
Dr. Sroka
 The
POWER of ONE:
Making
your Schools and Communities Safe
and Drug Free
Because Safe and Healthy
Students Learn More
Audience:
Dr. Sroka talks to students kindergarten through college, parents, teachers,
principals, school boards, superintendents, school nurses, school psychologists,
school counselors, student assistance professionals, school resource officers,
social workers, physicians, lawyers, and professional and community organizations,
including the faith and business communities, with age and community appropriate
messages. His goal is “total community immersion” to impact
everyone because safe and healthly students learn more.
Program Descriptions:
His programs utilize a high energy, multimedia, didactic, behavioral approach
which appeals to multiple (including emotional) intelligences. It is a
prevention education presentation that is research-driven and reality-based.
It integrates cutting-edge research (including brain-based learning, media
literacy, character education, resiliency and youth and asset development)
with humor and inspiring real-life stories to facilitate learning about
students’ mental, emotional, social and physical health needs and
issues, such as sex, drugs, and violence prevention. The goals are to
help teach life skills and increase academic achievement. The participants
leave with an unforgettable message that with education, helping one another,
and believing in oneself, one can change schools, communities and lives.
Student Programs:
Age and community appropriate, culturally sensitive,
tailored to your audience. Suggested titles include:
K-3 (20-30
min) Be Safe and Healthy and Don’t
Eat Boogers!
4-5 (30-40
min) Good News about Bad Things
6-8 (40-60
min) Stop the Violence - Pump Up the Peace!
9-College (40-60
min) Lessons
You May Not Get a Second Chance to Learn
Student Leadership: The
POWER of ONE - Doing the Right Thing, Right Now!
Adult/Professional/Community Programs:
Keynotes, 1-6 hrs seminars, tailored to your audience. Suggested titles
include:
• It Takes a Child to Raze a Village: Proficiency
or Reality Testing?
• Keeping Kids Safe and Healthy in a Toxic Society
• Using Brain-Based Learning to Reach and Teach the Whole Child
• The POWER of ONE - Making a Difference!
• Making Sure No Child is Left on His or Her Behind
Features of the Programs:
• Audience – targets total community involvement
• Objectives – awareness, education, prevention,
intervention, advocacy, evaluation 
• Research-driven, reality-based – uses research
tested strategies (including brain-based learning, media literacy, character
education, resiliency) in real-life situations
• Student-oriented – stresses age appropriate
messages for abstinence from sex, drugs, and violence, emphasizing the
power of one to change the future
• Community-based – reflects community needs
and values while stressing the 3 F’s – family, friends, and
faith (asset and youth development programs)
• Collaborative – stresses cooperation between
existing organizations
• Evaluation of programs encouraged
Selected National/International Conferences where
Dr. Sroka was a keynote or featured speaker. See Testimonials for more.
National Association of School Nurses
National Crime Prevention Council
National Association of Teen Institutes
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Federal Bar Association
National Dropout Prevention Network
National Safety Institute
National Youth-At-Risk
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Middle School Association
International Conference on AIDS
Association for the Advancement of International Education
United National Indian Tribal Youth
National Alliance of Black School Educators
National Indian School Board Association
Contact Information
Dr. Stephen Sroka
President, Health Education Consultants
1284 Manor Park Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
216.521.1766
216.521.1766 fax
DrSSroka@aol.com
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