In collaboration with notre dame
The Leadership Institute for Military Spouses by MSAN is deeply committed to the continued advancement of mental health education and advocacy within the military spouse community. It is essential that spouses are equipped not only with the tools to support their families during times of crisis, but also with the knowledge and skills necessary to prioritize their own wellness. By investing in ongoing education, training, and resources, we empower military spouses to become resilient and compassionate leaders capable of navigating the unique challenges of military life while maintaining their own mental and emotional well-being. Supporting the continuation of this critical work ensures a stronger, healthier, and more connected spouse, advocate, mentor and community member. This partnership brings an unprecedented learning experience not found within the military spouse learning space. Our goal remains the same: to provide quality, free, and accessible virtual education opportunities that will positively transform and influence your ability to advocate, mentor and impact your community.
The MSAN-Notre Dame partnership is a multidisciplinary campus project. It involves faculty and staff from 10 organizations who are developing the partnership and the logistics of creating and delivering the not-for-credit courses. The project is being spearheaded and resourced by Notre Dame Research with the support of the Office of Military & Veterans Affairs, the College of Arts and Letters, the Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame Learning’s Office of Digital Learning, the Office of Public Affairs and Communications, the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families, the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, the Veldman Family Psychology Clinic and the Mental Health Initiative.
About the University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame is a leading American research university that offers undergraduate, professional, and graduate students a chance to pursue their academic endeavors in a unique scholarly community. Enriched by Catholic intellectual and cultural traditions, it is a place that throughout its history has sought to bring knowledge into service of justice.
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Meet your instructers
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Dr. Kristin Valentino
Dr. Kristin Valentino, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Shaw Center for Children and Families, researches how adversity impacts child development, especially in maltreating families. She designs interventions to improve caregiving and resilience. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is President-Elect of APA Division 37 and serves on NIH’s Psychosocial Development Study Section.
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Dr. Ryan Carpenter
Dr. Ryan Carpenter is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. He uses technology and intensively longitudinal methods like ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to better understand how everyday people behave in their everyday lives. His research focuses in particular on substance use and how substance use disorder manifests in daily life and he is interested in how people use substances to address aversive experiences, like physical pain, insomnia, fatigue, and negative affect. His work also examines the effectiveness and feasibility of mobile health (mHealth) interventions to address and prevent substance use in daily life.
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Dr. David Smith
Dr. David Smith is a Director of Clinical Training and studies the connections between mental illness and social relationships. In particular, he studies the links between depression and marital discord with observational studies of inter-spousal criticism, multi-level modeling of daily diary data, and psychometric investigations. He also studies social relationships and chronic low back pain as well as diagnostic agreement statistics and other topics in quantitative psychology. Professor Smith directs the Notre Dame Marital Therapy and Research Clinic, where he trains doctoral students learning to deliver empirically-supported couples and individual psychotherapy.
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Dr. Laura Miller-Graff
Dr. Laura Miller-Graff's research examines the developmental and intergenerational effects of exposure to violence in childhood. Working within an ecological framework, her research seeks to understand how various systems (i.e., individual, family, and community) interact to promote or inhibit healthful development following violence exposure. Dr. Miller-Graff has a particular interest in the adaptation and evaluation of trauma assessment and treatment in LMIC and conflict-affected settings. Current research projects include the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on women and children’s health and adjustment in the perinatal period, and the adaptation, development, and evaluation of psychological interventions for violence-exposed pregnant women and for families living in settings of chronic violence.
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Dr. Donna Armentrout
Dr. Donna Armentrout is a licensed clinical psychologist. She is passionate about making mental health care and education more accessible to families and communities.
Wondering if this is for you?
We believe it is! Take a look at what some of our participants have to say on what drove them to participate in this program!
FAQs
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LIMS is committed to providing this 10-week training to selected MSLDP graduates at no cost. Training, modules and certificates are fully funded by contributions from program partners.
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No.
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No, eligibility is dependent upon graduation from MSLDP.
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No, please see our additional eligibility requirements.
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Yes.
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Yes, just keep in mind that all classes, training, and modules will be listed in EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
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Yes, all applicants must join the MSAN Mentorship-HUB before the application deadline in order for the application to move forward to the review committee and be considered complete. Join the HUB here:
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This is a 10-week program requiring 1 full hour of in-person virtual learning and several hours of asynchronous learning per week.
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Participants are expected to participate in all scheduled program events throughout the duration of the program. If you are not able to commit to the dates, please apply another year when you can meet the requirements.
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This leadership development program does not qualify for college credit.
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The 10 week course is overseen by LIMS and the faculty from an accredited institution, but the courses are non-credit training in nature.
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Alumni are expected to stay involved in the program as participants and supporters.
Alumni should also assist in the recruitment and mentoring of new participants, share leadership experiences with the new cohorts/classes, and participate in follow-up interviews and surveys to measure program outcomes.