A treatment attendance letter confirms, with the patient’s written consent, that they are attending treatment ordered or recommended by a court, probation, or parole, and how they are progressing if they agree to share that. Copy the blank letter or download it, with a substance use program example, a counseling example, and the consent rules to check before you send anything.
Blank treatment attendance letter template
FreeTREATMENT ATTENDANCE LETTER [Program or practice name] [Address] [Phone and email] Date: [Date you write the letter] To: [Name and role of the recipient named in the consent, such as the probation officer] Their reference: [Court file or supervision number, if the consent allows it; otherwise delete this line] Re: [Patient's full name] Date of birth: [Date] CONSENT Signed in writing on: [Date] It allows us to tell: [Each recipient the consent names] It covers: [Attendance only, or attendance with participation, progress, test results, and the plan] It ends: [Date or event], and it can be revoked: [The terms the consent sets out] Attached: [A copy of the consent, or a summary of what it covers] PROGRAM Treatment: [Program name and type, such as outpatient substance use treatment, counseling, or anger management] Required or recommended by: [Court, probation, parole, or lawyer, and the treatment condition as written, if we have it] Started on: [Date of admission or first session] Schedule: [How many sessions a week, and of which kind] Current status: [Active, completed on a date, or discharged on a date] Diagnosis: [Not included, or only what the consent covers and the order needs] ATTENDANCE Reporting period: [First date] to [last date], from our attendance records Sessions scheduled: [Number] Attended: [Number] Missed: [Number, with each date] Excused under our policy: [Number, with each date and the reason in general terms] PARTICIPATION AND PROGRESS [If the consent covers it: what the patient has completed and which treatment goals are met or still open, from the record. If not: Not included; the consent covers attendance only.] TEST RESULTS [If the consent covers them and the program tests: each date, what was tested, the result, and whether a lab confirmed it. Otherwise delete this section.] PLAN Next steps: [What happens next, such as the same schedule or a step down] Expected end date: [Date, or the date of the next review] Next update: [Date, if the recipient asked for regular reports] This letter reports what our records show. It does not describe what the patient said in sessions and gives no opinion on the risk of reoffending. Whether this attendance meets the order is for the court or the supervising officer to decide. [Any confidentiality notice the law requires with this disclosure; otherwise delete this line] [Your name, credentials, and role in the program] [License or registration number] [Signature]
Use it for
Each one follows the template. Use them to judge how much detail every part needs.
Outpatient substance use program; letter to the patient’s probation officer
27-year-old woman on a 12-month probation order with a condition to attend substance use treatment. She asked the program to update her probation officer before their meeting on Monday, October 26, 2026.
Signed in writing at intake on Monday, August 31, 2026. It names her probation officer and covers attendance, participation, urine drug screen results, and the treatment plan, not what she says in sessions. It stays in effect until her probation ends in August 2027 and sets out when she can revoke it. A copy is attached.
Outpatient substance use treatment for 16 weeks: group sessions every Tuesday and Thursday, and an individual session every 2 weeks. Started on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Status: active.
From September 1 to October 15, 2026, per the program’s attendance log. Groups: 14 scheduled, 12 attended, 1 missed with no notice on Tuesday, September 22, and 1 excused on Thursday, October 8, for a medical appointment she told staff about the week before. Individual sessions: 4 scheduled, 4 attended.
Her counselor’s notes record that she joins group discussion and hands in assigned work. She finished her written relapse prevention plan on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, and has met 2 of the 5 goals in her treatment plan; the other 3 are in progress.
6 random urine screens. The one collected on Thursday, September 10, 2026, was positive for cannabis. The other 5, including all 4 since September 17, were negative. These are on-site screens; none was sent to a lab for confirmation.
She continues on the same schedule and is expected to complete the program on Thursday, December 17, 2026, if she keeps attending. Next update on Thursday, November 19, 2026, as her probation officer asked.
Clinical director of the program, with credentials and license or registration number. The letter notes that whether her attendance meets the probation order is for her probation officer and the court to decide, and the confidentiality notice the program must send with this disclosure is printed at the foot.
Private counseling practice; letter to the patient’s lawyer before a court date
45-year-old man referred by the court to 12 weekly individual counseling sessions on managing anger, under a diversion agreement. His lawyer asked for a progress letter to file before his court date on Monday, November 9, 2026.
Signed on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. It names his lawyer and lets her file the letter with the court. It covers attendance, participation, and progress toward his counseling goals, and excludes session notes. It ends on Monday, November 30, 2026; he can revoke it in writing before then for anything not yet sent.
Individual counseling, 1 session each Wednesday, starting on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The referral asks for 12 sessions. Status: active.
August 12 to October 21, 2026, from my appointment records: 11 sessions scheduled, 10 attended. Missed: Wednesday, September 23, cancelled that morning; he said a family emergency kept him away. Under my practice’s policy, a same-day cancellation counts as missed.
He arrives on time and completed the weekly practice log in 9 of the 10 weeks he attended. In sessions he can describe and rehearse the time-out and breathing steps we worked on. He reports using a time-out during 2 arguments at home in October; that is his account, and I can’t verify it.
2 sessions remain to reach 12: Wednesday, October 28, and Wednesday, November 4, 2026. If he attends both, he will finish before his court date. I can send a short completion letter after the last session if he asks.
I haven’t assessed his risk of further offending, and the letter gives no opinion on it or on the charge. Whether he has met the terms of the referral is for the court to decide.
Counselor in private practice, with credentials and license or registration number, on practice letterhead. Dated Thursday, October 22, 2026.
These rules decide what a program can tell a court, prosecutor, probation or parole officer, or lawyer, and on what consent. 42 CFR Part 2 covers federally assisted substance use disorder programs in the United States. Other states, provinces, and programs have their own rules, and a subpoena or court order follows its own; check yours, and get advice when you are unsure.
The patient’s written consent to this specific disclosure: who you can tell, what you can tell them, and for how long. Read it before you write anything.
Avoid: Relying on a general release signed at intake. Substance use treatment records have special legal protection in some places, and the consent may have to meet set requirements. Check the rule that applies to your program before you send anything.
What treatment the patient is in, who required or recommended it, and where it stands now.
Avoid: Restating the charge or the offense. The recipient knows the case; your letter is about treatment.
The sessions scheduled, attended, missed, and excused, for a stated period, as your records show them.
Avoid: Rounding up, or leaving a miss out. If you report attendance, report all of it for the period you name.
Only if the consent covers it. What the patient has done in treatment, in terms someone could check against the chart.
Avoid: Praise you can’t back up, such as “excellent progress,” or anything a session revealed. Say what they have done and what remains.
Only when the consent covers them and your program does drug or alcohol testing.
Avoid: Reading more into a result than the test shows, or adding tests the consent doesn’t cover.
What happens next, what the letter can’t tell the reader, and who wrote it.
Avoid: “She is compliant with her order.” Give the facts; whether they meet the order is for the court or officer to decide.
A release signed at intake rarely names this recipient, this information, and an end date. For substance use treatment, some places require a consent with set contents, so check the rule first.
Attendance and participation don’t tell you whether someone will offend again. Report what the record shows, and say you haven’t assessed risk.
“Doing great” can’t be checked, and a court may rely on it. Name what the patient has completed, and what is still open.
A letter that skips misses is inaccurate, and the court or officer may act on it. List each miss with its date, and say which ones your policy excused.
Session content and therapy notes rarely belong in the letter, and in some places notes like these need a consent of their own. Keep to attendance, the work done, and the plan.
Whether the patient has met the order is the court’s or the officer’s call. Give the facts against the treatment condition and let them decide.
Paste this template into Vero once, and it drafts each update from the session and the chart: what the consent covers, the sessions attended and missed, and the plan, for you to check against your records and export to PDF or Word.
The patient’s written consent and what it covers, the program and start date, the sessions attended, missed, and excused for the period you report, and the plan with an expected end date. Add participation, progress, and test results only if the consent covers them. Sign with your name, credentials, role, and license or registration number.
Usually, yes: a written consent naming who you can tell, what, and for how long. Some laws and court orders require disclosure without consent, and those follow their own rules, so get advice before you rely on one.
In some places, yes. Records from a substance use program can have their own legal protection, with a stricter consent and a notice that must go with each disclosure. Check the rule that applies to your program before you send anything.
Yes, if the consent covers attendance. Give each miss with its date, as your records show it, and say which ones your program’s policy counts as excused.
Say what they attended and did, and leave the conclusion to the court or the supervising officer. If you have the order, you can quote its treatment condition and report the facts against it.
Not in an attendance letter. Attendance and participation don’t answer that, and a risk assessment is separate work that needs its own training, methods, and request. Say in the letter that you haven’t assessed it.
Stop sending updates and note the date in the chart. Withdrawing doesn’t undo what was already sent, and in some places a consent for a justice referral can be written so it can’t be revoked until a set time or event. Check the terms the patient signed.
Only if your program does testing and the consent covers the results. Give the dates, what was tested, each result, and whether a lab confirmed it, without reading more into one result than the test shows.
Yes. Copy it, or download it as a Word or text file. No account needed.
Yes. Paste this template into Vero, and it drafts the letter from your session and the chart. Check the counts and dates against your attendance records and what the consent covers, then export it to PDF or Word, print it, or email it.
For work or school: the visit, the dates off, the return, and any limits.
To an employer: full or modified duties, the restrictions, how long they last, and the review date.
To an employer or leave administrator: when the leave starts, how long it lasts, the review date, and what the return needs.
To an employer: what the condition limits, the change that would help, how long, and answers to the employer’s questions.
To an employer: the pregnancy-related limitation, the change needed at work, and how long it lasts.
When a patient’s health keeps them from a court date.
An opinion on one decision, at one time, for a lawyer or court.
Record the session the letter’s facts come from.
Fill a supervision office’s or program’s progress report form from the chart.
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