Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness

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Evidence-Based Programs
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Offce of Family Policy, Children,
and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award No. 2010-48709-21867 developed in collaboration with The Pennsylvania State University.
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Master Resilience Training (MRT) is a 10-day program which is derived, in part, from the Penn Resilience Program.
MRT provides sergeants in the U.S. Army with knowledge of resilience skills and techniques on how to relay these skills
to their soldiers.
This program is intended for service members.
A public search failed to identify any published evaluations of MRT that met the Clearinghouses evaluation criteria.
MRT is taught in two stages. First, a short, educational presentation is given by the
sergeants to their soldiers. Then, attendees break into group discussions and perform
role-playing and different application exercises to learn the material frsthand. The three
main components are:
Preparation is taught the frst eight days of MRT. This element covers topics
including skills such as mental toughness, communication strategies, and
identifying character strengths.
Sustainment is taught the ninth day of MRT and focuses on maintaining resiliency
in leadership education throughout the deployment cycle and over the course of a
military career.
Enhancement is taught the fnal day of MRT and highlights key skills such as,
confdence, goal setting, attention control, energy management, and imagery.
MRT was initiated in November 2009, and it has been used by the United States Army since then.
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Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
www.militaryfamilies.psu.edu
Evidence-Based Programs
26June2012
This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Offce of Family Policy, Children,
and Youth, U.S. Department of Defense under Award No. 2010-48709-21867 developed in collaboration with The Pennsylvania State University.
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MRT operates through a train-the-trainer model in which sergeants are taught the information and are then asked to
train the soldiers under their command.
Services interested in implementing MRT will be required to send non-commissioned offcers to a 10-day training
session. Services must decide whether this program will be mandatory or voluntary for soldiers.
The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185, or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
If you are interested in implementing MRT, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you!
Please call 1-877-382-9185, or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
To move the MRT program to the Promising category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence, at least one evalu-
ation should be performed demonstrating positive effects lasting at least six months from program completion.
The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your
goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185, or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program.
Phone: 1-877-382-9185 Email: Clearinghouse@psu.edu
You may also contact Martin Seligman, Ph.D., by mail at Positive Psychology Center, University of
Pennsylvania, 3701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, or by e-mail at seligman@psych.upenn.edu
MRT is a 10-day program. Costs for MRT are not available at this time.
The information from this fact sheet was excerpted from Reivich, K. J., Seligman, M. E. P., & McBride, S. (2011). Master
resilience training in the U.S. Army. American Psychologist, 66, 25-34.
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