What is Master Resilience Training (MRT)for Families program?
What do I need to do to enroll in the Family Resilience Academy? Contact Soldier & Family Readiness Branch, 288-2794 for registration information.
MRT for Families will provide the missing link, teaching Soldiers and Families to become more resilient in five aspects of total fitness: physical, emotional, social, spiritual and family strength. MRT is promotes Army of balanced and healthy Soldiers, families and civilians, whose total fitness will help them thrive in a high-tempo era of persistent conflict, according to Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) vision. Army leaders believe an emotionally and physically healthy force will result in a reduction in rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, indiscipline, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, suicide and absences without leave.
What makes MRT training important to me? MRT marks a new era for the Army by comprehensively equipping and training our Soldiers, Family members and Army Civilians to maximize their potential and face the physical and psychological challenges of sustained operations. We are committed to a true prevention model, aimed at the entire force, which will enhance resilience and coping skills enabling them to grow and thrive in today's Army.
How long is the Family Resilience Academy? The academy is conducted once weekly, for five weeks. Students are asked to commit for the full five week session, just like a college course. At the end of the training students, who attend all sessions, will receive a certificate of training.
Do I have to attend all five (5) sessions to get the certificate of training? Yes— certificates will not be issued for parts of the training, only for the entire course.
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What is the schedule of classes? Classes will meet each Wednesday, 0830—1430, beginning 3 November 2010 and ending 1 December 2010. Session Breakdown: Session 1— Resilience and MRT Competencies; Hunt the Good Stuff; Action, Thought, Consequence Model Session 2—Avoiding Thinking Traps; Detect Icebergs; Energy Management
FAMILY RESILIENCE ACADEMY ARMING THE FAMILIES OF TODAY
Session 3—Problem Solving; Put It In Perspective; Real-time Resilience Session 4—Identify Strengths in Self and Others; Use Strengths in Challenges Session 5—Assertive Communications; Active Constructive Responding and Praise; Closing Thoughts and Big Themes
RESILIENCE— COMING TOGETHER BEATS FALLING APART!
FOR THE BATTLES OF TOMORROW For more information on this and other trainings, contact Army Community Service, Soldier & Family Readiness Branch, Mobilization and Deployment (254) 288-2794
COURSE CURRICULUM: Module 1—Resilience and MRT Competencies Participants learn about resilience and the competencies that contribute to it: Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Optimism, Mental Agility, Strengths of Character, and Connection. All of the skills that participants will learn throughout the MRT course build resilience by targeting one or more of the MRT competencies.
Unit One: Resilience and MRT Competencies: Grow and thrive in the face of challenges and bounce back from adversity. Build core competencies that enable mental toughness, optimal performance, strong leader ship, and goal achievement.
Unit Two: Hunt the Good Stuff: Counter the negativity bias, create positive emotion, and notice and analyze what is good.
Module 2— Building Mental Toughness Participants will learn seven skills that will enhance their effectiveness and well-being by building their mental toughness. These seven skills will also develop their ability to understand the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of themselves and others.
Module Two Units: Unit One: ATC: Identify your thoughts about an Activating Event and the Consequences of those Thoughts. Unit Two: Avoid Thinking Traps: Identify and correct counterproductive patterns in thinking through the use of Critical Questions.
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MODULE 4 - Building Strong Relationships
Unit Three: Detect Icebergs: Identify deep beliefs and core values that fuel out-ofproportion emotion and evaluate the accuracy and usefulness of these beliefs.
Unit Four: Energy Management: Regulate emotion and energy levels to enable critical thinking and optimal performance.
Unit Five: Problem Solving: Accurately identify what caused the problem and identify solution strategies.
Unit Six: Put It In Perspective: Stop catastrophic thinking, reduce anxiety, and improve problem solving by identifying the Worst, Best, and Most Likely outcomes of a situation.
Unit Seven: Real-time Resilience: Shut down counterproductive thinking to enable greater concentration and focus on the task at hand.
Participants will master skills to strengthen their relationships through communication strategies. They will learn how to discuss problems assertively, respond constructively to positive experiences, and praise effectively.
Module Four Units: Unit One: Assertive Communication: Communicate clearly and with respect. Use the IDEAL model to communicate in a Confident, Clear, and Controlled manner.
Unit Two: Active Constructive Responding and Praise: Respond to others to build strong relationships and use Praise to build mastery and winning streaks.
Module 3—Building Character Strengths Rationale: Participants will identify their top strengths and the top strengths of others and learn to use these strengths to overcome challenges and build effective teams.
Module Three Units: Unit One: Identify Strengths in Self and Others: Identify strengths in yourself and in others to recognize the best of yourself and the best of others.
Find out more of what you can do to increase your resilience by visiting the CSF website:
http://www.army.mil/csf/ for online training and Global Assessment Tool (GAT) of strengths
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