Dr. Stephen R. Sroka

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  Stephen Sroka, who travels the world advising schools, knows firsthand what labels can do to children. When he was a third-grader, his teacher wrote on his report card: "Parent notified boy is retarded."
  
  Today, Sroka holds a doctorate in health education and is an adjunct assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine.
  
  In an interview yesterday, Sroka criticized the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 as being too focused on academics, rather than on "teaching the total child" and looking at his emotional, social, physical and spiritual needs.
  
  "With No Child Left Behind,
  
  we're actually leaving many children behind," said Sroka, who was scheduled to address a national conference of school social workers this morning at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel.
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  But Sroka said schools need more "student detectors" like social workers, who can help children and their families resolve a problem before it escalates into violence.
  
  "We don't have school violence, we have community violence that takes place in schools," Sroka said.

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  Published on: 7/23/2008    Last Visited: 7/23/2008  

  Stephen Sroka: "Let's put kindness back in schools," the award-winning educator said.
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  Monday's keynote speaker, Stephen Sroka, an award-winning educator and author, spoke of hardships and problems faced by students in Indian schools, but also of ways to reach them.
  
  "Around the country, there are children being left behind, but in Indian Country, the dropout rate is near 70 percent," he said."Native youth are the most at-risk youth.These are not kids being bad; these are cries for help.When they cry for help, we punish them."
  
  Education should have a kindness-based approach to students, and old methods of teaching may not necessarily work for students today, Sroka said.
  
  "They want someone who cares for them, not someone who is only looking for a paycheck," he said.

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  Published on: 10/28/2008    Last Visited: 10/28/2008  

  The community is invited to a presentation by Dr. Steve Sroka, a motivational speaker whose theme is The Power of One, at 6 p.m. tonight in the Browning High School gym.
  
  "I have heard him speak and he really connects well with students," Johnson said.
  
  Sroka is an award-winning educator and author who has presented to millions of students and adults around the world.
  
  According to his Web site, Sroka's presentations bring to life the belief that you have the Power of One to change schools, communities and lives to help make sure that no child is left on his or her behind.

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  Motivational speaker Dr. Stephen Sroka touched on sexually-transmitted diseases and pregnancy, which are always important to cover, but then he addressed that organ that always seems to slip through the cracks in sex discussions: the heart.
  
  We wanted to jump up and down when he actually told the students that they could get hurt - no just their bodies but their emotional well-being.
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  Thank you, Dr. Sroka, for hitting the nail right on the head.
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  Dr. Steve Sroka, an award-winning educator, was the final speaker, and he drew on both his personal experiences growing up as well as his work with students to demonstrate how kindness can make a difference in students' lives.
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  Sroka is passionate about his message, The Power of One - putting kindness back in schools.
  
  "School safety is about learning and relationships," he said. "Most school violence is because of discrimination and how we treat people."
  
  Words can hurt someone far more than fists, he said, and small acts of kindness can have a huge impact of people's lives. As an example, he shared a story about bumping into a former student years after teaching him.
  
  "He said, 'Man, you were my favorite teacher.' When I asked him why, he said it was because I said, 'Hi,' to him every day," Sroka said. "… Kids today spell love T-I-M-E. All the kids I talk to tell me their parents are too busy."
  
  Sroka said we don't have school violence - we have community violence that happens in schools.
  
  "Sex, drugs and violence are a cry for help," he said. "When these kids don't get the attention they need, these things blow up."
  
  Sroka said time is one of the most valuable things adults can give students. "Youth respond to people, not programs," he said.
  
  — For more information about Rachel's Challenge, click Here. For more information about The Power of One, click Here.

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  Published on: 7/1/2005    Last Visited: 3/7/2007  

  Keynote Address: Dr. Stephen Sroka, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Center for Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University
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  Dr. Stephen Sroka, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Center for Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University, Lakewood, OH

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  Stephen R. Sroka is president of Health Education Consultants and adjunct assistant professor in the Medical School at Case Western Reserve University.

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  Published on: 11/25/2007    Last Visited: 3/22/2008  

  SCHOOL VIOLENCE IS COMMUNITY VIOLENCE IN DISGUISE - It is far better to win the loyalty and harness the collective power of students than to increase the amount of Tasers and metal detectors, according to Dr. Stephen Sroka, a retired Cleveland public schools educator.In this culture, he says, schools are criticized despite offering students the "safest place they will be all day," as schools cannot avoid the problems students bring in from the outside, reports Charles Lussier in the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate.Sroka says that "people call it school violence.There is no school violence.There is community violence that takes place in schools."Schools can still help curb the violence through educators forging more personal connections with children and getting them help for the many issues they face.Even small gestures pay dividends -- Sroka said a former student thanked him for simply saying ‘hi' to him every day, a courtesy no one else extended.Students, oftentimes a bundle of confused emotions and feelings, require personal connections."In the end, only kindness matters," Sroka says.http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/10517107.html-showAll=y&c=y FREE LESSON PLANS BUILD RACIAL UNDERSTANDING
  
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  Dr. Stephen Sroka, PhD, Dr. Sroka is an Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Education at Cleveland State University and President of his company, Health Education Consultants. His messages include: education is our most effective weapon against sex, drugs, and violence; safe and healthy kids make better students and learn more; and the Power of One, how one person can make a difference.
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  KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Stephen Sroka, Ph D "Just Say Know" His messages include: education is our most effective weapon against sex, drugs, and violence; safe and healthy kids make better students and learn more; and the Power of One, how one person can make a difference.
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  The Power of One Making A Difference - Dr. Stephen Sroka, PhD
  
  5:00 CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
  
  *This program has been submitted for CEU/CLE credits from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education and National Association of Social Workers and Texas Board of Professional Counselor and Texas Education Agency.

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  Stephen Sroka, Health Education Consultants
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  Stephen R. Sroka, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor, Case Western Reserve University; president, Health Education Consultants
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  Stephen R. Sroka, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor, Case Western Reserve University; president, Health Education Consultants

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