VPRS 18003 Triad Group Therapy Minute Books

This series consists of handwritten exercise books containing the minutes of Triad Group meetings. These books reflect the therapy program undertaken across all of the residential sections, the Winbirra Remand centre and the Leawarra pre-release section. These minutes were taken by a designated secretary who could be a staff member or a trainee. The minutes consist of the names of people present and notes about what was discussed at the meeting.Triad Group Therapy was devised by Dr Eileen Slack and her husband Dr Charles Slack in the early 1970s. Dr Eileen Slack was the Superintendent of Winlaton Youth Training Centre (VA 5093) with Triad Groups being the major program/ therapy used at the centre during this period. The purpose of this Triad program was to enable trainees to change destructive/negative aspects of their behaviour and/or attitudes. To do this, Triad groups were formed. Each group consisted of trainees who had the same problem, youths who had never had the problem and people who had once had the problem but had resolved it, such as ex- Winlaton trainees. A Triad Group usually consisted of the trainees from a particular section. Each trainee had to attend a Triad Group five times a week. At a session the problems of a particular trainee were discussed.The goals of a Triad Group meeting were to:- identify individual problems- work on alternatives to behaviour identified as a problem- to overcome dwelling on or keeping silent about problems- to help one another while discoveries are made- to help one another find a healthier, more responsible integration of one's self.Mini-triad Groups consisting of one trainee, one staff member and one ex-resident or more advanced trainee, were also held to accomplish a particular purpose e.g. to help a trainee to control self-damaging behaviour. Advanced Triad Groups were held for trainees who had got to a stage where it was felt that they had a good understanding of their problems. People from the outside community were encouraged to attend Triad sessions.The volumes contain the notes taken by the designated minute secretary for each meeting and detail the trainee's problems, feelings and points of discussion. The notes often depended on the whether the designated secretary felt engaged and involved in the meeting; the notes can be are very descriptive and comprehensive or brief and not coherent. When the centre became the Nunawading Youth Residential Centre in 1991, and housed a predominantly male population, the Triad Therapy program ceased.Researchers should note not all meetings were dated.

本系列藏品为手写会议纪要簿，内容均为三角团体（Triad Group）会议纪要。这些簿册记录了覆盖所有住宿区块、温比拉还押中心（Winbirra Remand Centre）以及利瓦拉预释监区（Leawarra Pre-release Section）的治疗项目开展情况。

该会议纪要由指定秘书记录，其身份可为工作人员或受训学员，纪要内容包含与会人员姓名及会议讨论事项记录。

三角团体治疗法由艾琳·斯拉克博士（Dr. Eileen Slack）与其丈夫查尔斯·斯拉克博士（Dr. Charles Slack）于20世纪70年代初创立。艾琳·斯拉克博士时任温拉顿青年培训中心（Winlaton Youth Training Centre，编号VA 5093）的主管，在此期间三角团体疗法是该中心的核心治疗项目。

该三角团体项目旨在帮助受训学员改善自身行为与态度中具有破坏性或消极性的方面。为此，三角团体被划分为三类成员：拥有相同问题的受训学员、未曾出现相关问题的青少年，以及曾有同类问题但已成功解决的人员（例如该中心往届受训学员）。三角团体通常由来自特定住宿区块的受训学员组成，每名受训学员每周需参与五次三角团体活动。在每次团体会议中，会针对特定受训学员的问题展开讨论。

三角团体会议的目标包括：识别个体问题；探索针对已识别出的问题行为的替代方案；克服过度纠结于问题或对问题缄默不语的情况；在成员有所发现时相互支持；协助彼此实现更健康、更具责任感的自我整合。

此外还设有微型三角团体（Mini-triad Groups），由一名受训学员、一名工作人员及一名往届住宿学员或进阶受训学员组成，用于达成特定目标，例如帮助受训学员管控自伤行为。进阶三角团体（Advanced Triad Groups）则面向已充分理解自身问题的受训学员开办，中心同时鼓励外部社区人员参与三角团体会议。

本系列簿册包含指定秘书为每场会议记录的纪要，详细记录了受训学员的问题、情绪及讨论要点。纪要的详实程度取决于指定秘书参与会议的投入程度：部分纪要描述详尽、内容全面，部分则较为简短且逻辑松散。

1991年，该中心更名为努纳瓦丁青年住宿中心（Nunawading Youth Residential Centre），且主要收容男性学员，三角团体治疗项目自此终止。

研究人员需注意，并非所有会议均标注了日期。