Build a family testing agreement

How to use this tool

1. Sit down together, at a calm time, and answer the questions as a family.
2. Select “Build our agreement” to see a one page agreement in plain language.
3. Print it, read it out loud, sign it, and put the review date on the calendar.
4. Call us when you are ready to schedule testing. A real person will help you set it up.

Nothing you type is saved or sent. It prints from your own browser.

Agreement builder

What makes an agreement work

An agreement is only as strong as the conversation behind it. Agreements tend to hold up when everyone helped write them, when the person being tested chose to sign, and when the plan for a hard result is about support and not only consequences.

• Consent first. An adult decides whether to be tested and who sees results. At Blackburn Monitoring, results go only to people named in a written release.
• Talk before you react. A positive screen is presumptive. NIDA notes that drug testing does not diagnose a substance use disorder (NIDA), so the first step after any result is a conversation.
• Celebrate negatives. Testing works best as a way to earn back trust and privileges.
• Set a review date. Testing should have a clear point where the family checks in and decides what comes next.

NIDA's Family Checkup offers research based skills for these family conversations.

For parents of teens

The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages parents from testing teens on their own with home kits and recommends involving a clinician and getting the teen's assent (AAP clinical report). If your child is under 18, please call us before you start so we can talk about whether testing is the right step. Read should I drug test my teen? for more.

From agreement to testing

When you call, a monitoring coordinator helps you match the agreement to real tests. Testing is by appointment at our office at 12326 Venice Blvd, Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, at other Blackburn locations on the Westside outside those hours, or at home for an additional fee. The person being tested brings a photo ID. Collections can be observed when required, positive screens can be confirmed by our partner laboratories, and results go quickly to the people authorized in writing.

See our family testing program, how monitoring works, the random testing program and how to talk to your adult child about testing. If things get harder, our guide to what to do after a positive test lays out next steps, including therapy and psychiatric care at Blackburn Clinical Services and one-on-one mentoring for accountability and structure.