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Holiday ProgrammingGroup ProgrammingFacility Staffing

Planning Holiday-Season Group Programming for Treatment Programs

The holidays bring disrupted routines, family stress, census swings, and staff time off, all landing on the same group schedule. Here is how to plan November and December now: which groups fit the season, how to cover PTO, and a short checklist.

Gabriel ChavezOct 7, 20265 min read
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Residential TreatmentDetoxFacility Staffing

Outside Group Facilitation for Residential and Detox Programs: Planning Coverage That Holds

Residential clients attend groups most days of the week, and a residential or detox schedule does not pause for a vacancy. Here is how to plan outside facilitation for them: which groups to cover, how to staff a near-daily schedule, and what stays with your clinical team.

Gabriel ChavezSep 29, 20264 min read
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Meet the DAMD Recovery Facilitator Network

A facility booking outside group facilitation is not buying a brand — it is buying whoever walks through the door on Tuesday. Here are the people in the DAMD Recovery network, what each one brings, and what we confirm before any of them takes a group.

Gabriel ChavezSep 5, 20264 min read
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Facility StaffingVendor Due DiligenceScope of Practice

Eight Questions to Ask Before an Outside Facilitator Enters Your Room

Bringing an outside group facilitator into a treatment program is a risk decision before it is a scheduling one. Here are the eight questions a clinical or program director should put to any facilitation vendor, and how DAMD answers each.

Gabriel ChavezSep 5, 20265 min read
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Group Facilitation for Sober Living Homes: What Residents Actually Need

A sober living home is not a treatment center, and its groups shouldn't pretend to be. Here is what good group facilitation and resident activities look like in a sober living setting, and when to bring in outside help.

Gabriel ChavezAug 16, 20264 min read
Treatment Center StaffingGroup FacilitationPHP

PHP vs. IOP Group Facilitation: What Staffing Each One Actually Takes

Same certification, very different job. Here is what group facilitation coverage actually requires at the PHP level versus the IOP level, and where programs most often get the staffing math wrong.

Gabriel ChavezAug 1, 20264 min read
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Treatment Center StaffingGroup FacilitationRecovery Coach Staffing

Why Treatment Centers Are Outsourcing Group Facilitation (And Why It's Working)

A facilitator gives two weeks' notice and suddenly a group is cancelled. Here's why more treatment centers are staffing group facilitation through a partner instead of another full-time hire.

Gabriel ChavezJul 1, 20263 min read
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Recovery CoachingScope of PracticeGroup Facilitation

Recovery Coach vs. Sponsor vs. Therapist: Which Role Belongs in Which Group

Treatment programs use three words loosely: recovery coach, sponsor, therapist. When you build a group schedule, the difference decides who can lead which group and what stays with your clinical team.

Gabriel ChavezJun 25, 20264 min read
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Recovery CoachingRecovery Support ServicesScope of Practice

What Recovery Coaching Really Means Inside a Treatment Program

Recovery coaching has become a buzzword in the treatment industry. For a program director, the useful question is narrower: what does a recovery coach actually do inside your program, and what do they not do?

Gabriel ChavezJan 19, 20263 min read
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