Family Safety &
Caregiver Screening
Protect your family with professional polygraph screening for nannies, caregivers, domestic staff, and family safety matters. Confidential examinations for custody concerns, substance use verification, and household security.
What Family Safety Testing Is
When it comes to protecting your children, elderly parents, or vulnerable family members, trust is essential. We provide sensitive, professional polygraph examinations to verify honesty in situations where family safety is at stake.
Caregiver Screening: Before entrusting your loved ones to a nanny, home health aide, or domestic employee, verify their background claims, honesty about criminal history, and commitment to safety protocols.
Custody & Co-Parenting: When custody disputes involve allegations of substance use, unsafe behavior, or fitness concerns, polygraph testing can provide clarity and support legal proceedings.
Family Household Matters: Address theft, boundaries, substance use, or safety violations within your household or extended family with professional, confidential verification.
Handled with Compassion
We understand these are sensitive family matters. All examinations are conducted with empathy, discretion, and respect for everyone involved. Your family's privacy and well-being are our priorities.
Common Family Safety Situations
Nanny & Caregiver Screening
Verify background, criminal history, references, and honesty about experience before hiring someone who will care for your children or elderly parents.
Custody & Visitation Concerns
Test allegations of substance use, unsafe living conditions, or unfit behavior when children's safety is in question during custody disputes.
Substance Use Verification
Confirm sobriety for family members in recovery, co-parents with substance history, or when trust needs rebuilding after addiction issues.
Elder Care & Financial Safety
Investigate suspected financial exploitation, abuse, or neglect of elderly parents by caregivers or family members.
Domestic Staff Incidents
Address theft, boundary violations, or dishonesty involving housekeepers, nannies, gardeners, or other household employees.
How The Process Works
Private Consultation
15-20 minutesCall 800-662-1571 to discuss your situation in complete confidence. We'll explain how polygraph testing can help, answer questions, and determine if it's appropriate for your specific family matter. No judgment, only support.
Question Development
30 minutesWe work with you to create specific, appropriate questions. For caregiver screening: background verification, experience claims, criminal history. For custody matters: sobriety, unsafe behavior, fitness concerns. Questions are sensitive and respectful.
Scheduling & Preparation
FlexibleWe schedule a time at our private office. The person being tested receives clear preparation instructions. For custody matters, we can coordinate with attorneys or mediators if needed. All examinations are voluntary.
Polygraph Examination
1.5-2 hoursProfessional, respectful examination. Pre-test interview ensures questions are clear and reviews testing process. Sensors monitor physiological responses during questioning. Post-test discussion addresses any concerns. Typically 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Results & Guidance
24-48 hoursYou receive a detailed report with findings and recommendations. We discuss results privately and provide guidance on next steps, whether that's moving forward with a hire, addressing custody concerns, or family counseling referrals.
How to Prepare
For Parents/Family Members
- Write down specific concerns and questions you need answered
- Gather relevant documentation (job applications, custody orders, etc.)
- Approach the conversation calmly—frame testing as a trust-building tool
- Consider how you'll respond to both favorable and concerning results
- For custody matters, consult with your attorney before proceeding
For Person Being Tested
- Get a full night's sleep (8+ hours)
- Avoid caffeine, alcohol, or nicotine for 4 hours before testing
- Answer all questions completely truthfully—honesty produces best results
- Disclose any medical conditions or medications during pre-test interview
- Stay calm and cooperative—testing is respectful and professional
Understanding Results
No Deception Indicated (NDI)
Physiological responses suggest truthfulness. For caregiver screening, this provides reassurance to move forward. For custody matters, supports claims of sobriety or fitness. Builds or rebuilds trust in family situations.
Deception Indicated (DI)
Significant responses suggesting dishonesty. For caregiver screening, continue your search. For custody matters, may require legal action or supervised visitation. For family issues, time for serious conversations and possibly professional counseling.
Inconclusive
Results unclear due to extreme anxiety, medical factors, or other issues. Options include retesting with adjusted questions, relying on other verification methods (background checks, references), or professional assessment by counselors or evaluators.
What Results Tell You
- Truthfulness indicators on specific questions asked
- Information to inform hiring decisions or custody concerns
- Guidance for next steps in protecting your family
What Results Don't Tell You
- •Absolute proof of character or future behavior—people can change
- •Professional diagnosis of addiction, mental health, or fitness (seek licensed evaluators)
- •Legal advice—consult attorneys for custody matters or domestic employment law
- •Guarantee of safety—results are one data point among many in protection decisions
Privacy & Confidentiality
Your family's privacy is absolute:
- All consultations and examinations handled in complete confidence
- Results released only to the person who commissioned the test (typically the parent/guardian)
- Examinations conducted in private rooms with no third parties present
- Records stored securely and never shared without written authorization
- For custody matters, results only disclosed to your attorney or as directed by court order