Fit before marketing
Independent Treatment Selection Wizard
Pressure-test a treatment option against medical, psychiatric, practical, financial, family, and continuing-care requirements—without steering business to a facility.
A bed is not a treatment recommendation
Availability, proximity, a polished website, a familiar name, or an insurance verification call cannot establish fit. This private tool helps expose the questions still requiring direct verification. It does not rank facilities, generate paid referrals, diagnose a condition, or recommend a level of care.
Verify the full operating environment
- Medical and withdrawal capability
- Psychiatric and co-occurring-disorder capability
- Licensing, accreditation, leadership, staffing, and overnight coverage
- Peer milieu and whether staffing supports the population being marketed
- Medication policy and access to appropriate prescribers
- Family involvement and structured communication
- Total cost, insurance assumptions, exclusions, and refund terms
- Geography, transportation, legal, work, school, parenting, and privacy realities
- Discharge, recovery housing, outpatient care, monitoring, coaching, and family follow-through
Use the result to ask better questions
The result identifies complexity and unresolved verification—not whether a facility is “good” or “bad.” Obtain individualized assessment where medical, psychiatric, diagnostic, withdrawal, or level-of-care decisions are involved. Then compare each candidate against the same written needs map.
A Darren Hobbs Family Tool
Developed by Darren Hobbs, CIP, Founder of The Firm Addiction Consulting
Created as practical family education and decision support. You may share this tool free with families, professionals, schools, and communities when the authorship, citation, and canonical link remain intact. Do not sell it, remove its source, or present it as clinical diagnosis or individualized treatment advice.
Darren Hobbs, CIP. Treatment Selection Wizard. The Firm Addiction Consulting, 2026.
https://www.thefirmaddictionconsulting.com/treatment-decision-placement-assessment/
Organize the questions that determine whether a treatment option fits the person—not merely whether a bed is available.
Private by design: your answers stay in this browser and are not submitted or stored. This educational tool does not diagnose a condition or replace professional assessment.
Your decision guide
Confirm fit before admission
The decision appears relatively organized, but verify credentials, clinical capability, total financial responsibility, family involvement, and the transition plan before committing.
Your decision guide
Independent guidance may prevent a costly mismatch
Important clinical or practical questions remain unresolved. Compare programs against an individualized needs map rather than relying on availability, reputation, or sales promises alone.
Your decision guide
Pause and organize the case
The decision includes substantial medical, psychiatric, financial, or transition complexity. Qualified assessment and independent navigation should precede a non-emergency admission decision. Immediate danger still belongs with emergency services.
True emergency? Call 911 for overdose, imminent danger, violence, or a life-threatening medical emergency. Call or text 988 for suicide or mental-health crisis support in the United States.
Common questions
Does this assessment recommend a level of care?
No. A level-of-care recommendation requires qualified individualized assessment. This tool helps families identify unanswered questions and possible complexity.
Is an available bed proof that a program is appropriate?
No. Availability matters, but it does not establish medical safety, clinical capability, fit, cost, or continuity.
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