Intensive Community Based Treatment
Support That Follows Students Home
Intensive Community-Based Treatment brings a full clinical team into a student's life, at school, at home, and in the community, to address the challenges standing between them and success.
What is Intensive Community Based Treatment? (ICBT)
Who is ICBT for?
Intensive Community-Based Treatment (ICBT) is Villages of California's flagship approach to mental health care for youth and young adults. Rather than treating a student in isolation, ICBT looks at the whole picture: home, school, and community, to understand what's really standing in the way of a student's success.
Our clinicians work directly alongside families, school staff, and other community providers, so the support a student receives in a session actually carries into their classroom and their home life.
ICBT is recommended for students who:
Are at risk of needing a higher level of care, such as a non-public school placement or residential treatment
Are transitioning down from a higher level of care and need support staying stable
Need consistent support to meet their academic and behavioral goals
What to Expect
A Program That Adapts as Your Student Progresses
Assessment Phase (First 30 Days) We start by understanding the full picture: safety, needs, and goals, so the plan we build actually fits the student and family in front of us.
Active Treatment The length and intensity of this phase is personalized and guided by the student's care team, typically continuing for several months. During this time, the team works directly with the student and family through regular sessions, while staying connected to the school and any other providers involved.
Transition Phase (4 to 6 Weeks) As a student and family build independence, we shift toward helping them sustain progress on their own, connecting them with informal and community supports so care doesn't just stop, it hands off.
A licensed therapist
providing individual and family counseling and coordinating the overall treatment plan
Your Care Team
Every student and family supported through ICBT is cared for by a multidisciplinary team, not a single provider working alone. Depending on the family's needs, that team can include:
A parent or family counselor
supporting the parents directly and helping the whole family implement what's working
A youth or peer counselor
delivering hands-on behavioral support in the home, school, and community
A clinical director
overseeing the team to ensure consistency, clinical quality, and continuity of care
This team works together, not separately, so a family never has to repeat their story to a new provider or feel like their care is disconnected.