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If you are working through a DWI or a possession charge or have another reason to complete an alcohol or other drug use assessment: 

1. You can do your assessment virtually via Zoom.
   
2. We can get it done right away, by appointment.
   
3. We have very fast turn around time.
   
4. Our fee is $200 (WE DO NOT TAKE INSURANCE).

We specialize in providing drug and alcohol use assessments.  Having been in business since 2008, we have dealt with a situation similar to yours in the past and know how to help you today.

We are licensed by the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy.  This license authorizes us to provide services in Minnesota.  Check our credentials on teh BBHT website.

• Over 6000 satisfied clients.
  
• Serving the midwest for over 16 years.
  
• Over 70 years of combined clinical experience.
  
• Quick, confidential, and client centered.

Yvette M. Belisle-Prigge, BS, LADC
Rick Prigge, Director

1.    *  Alcohol and/or drug assessment.
2.    *  Alcohol and/or drug test.
3.    *  Alcohol and/or drug evaluation.

1. *  An arrest or conviction of a DWI, underage drinking, or possession charge.
2.  *  A situation arising from substance use at work or in school.
3. *  A request from a concerned family member.
4. *  Concern over your own use of alcohol or other drugs.

All assessments are private and confidential and no one will have access to your assessment without your written consent.  

 The fee for an assessment is $200.00 

In the state of Minnesota, anyone providing these services must be a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) or other higher level licensed mental health practitioner.  Some important things to think about are: 

• How long have they been doing assessments outside of a treatment setting?
  
• Is the fee reasonable compared to the same services elsewhere?
  
• Do I want to use my insurance to pay for this or would it be better to not involve them at this time?  Using your insurance may create future problems with employment and some insurance eligibility.

• An alcohol or drug assessment is an interview between a client and an alcohol and other drug abuse assessor. 
  
• The assessment should include input from collateral sources that can provide corroboration to the things you state during your assessment.
  
• The assessor identifies the client's alcohol and other drug use [to determine if there is problematic use or not] and develops a recommended course of action for the client based on these findings.
  
• The final outcome will result in a recommendation to action.  Sometimes there are no recommendations at all.
  
• All recommendations should include the least restrictive options for the client.  Possible outcomes can range from no recommendations at all to an education class or to inpatient treatment.  Education should be the most common referral.

• Information should not be shared with anyone without your written permission.
  
• You should not be confused about why you have been recommended to complete some type of recommendation.
  
• A referral to treatment cannot happen without documentable evidence that supports a diagnosis of "Substance Use Disorder" according to the DSM5.

• In Minnesota, an assessor must have a minimum credential of "Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor" or "LADC".   Check our credentials              . 
  
• This license must have been issued from the Minnesota Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy.
  
• Other mental health practitioners (LPC, LPCC, LMFT, LISCW) may have the proper credentials too, just ask first.

• Anytime insurance pays for something it is "coded" so they know what they are paying for.  If insurance pays for an assessment it is coded as "dependent" on the drug involved.  For example: an assessment for a DWI is coded as "305.00 Alcohol Dependent".
  
• The existence of this "code" in your insurance file may create problems with future employment, entrance into the military and some insurance eligibility.

• We believe that this does not happen.  In all the years we have been in business, we have never ran across someone that was scammed by an imposter.
  
• We believe that anyone warning you to watch out for this imposter is trying to create hype and fear with the hopes that you will use their services as a result.