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)
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.
Who is ICBT for?
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
The clinical needs we address the most:
Anxiety
Autism spectrum
ADHD
Depression
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 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.
70% of ICBT clients achieve measurable positive outcomes on standardized pre/post-assessment measures.
*taken from our most recent CYBHI grant cycle/percentage is approximate
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 licensed therapist
providing individual and family counseling and coordinating the overall treatment plan
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.
118 clients served across 13 school districts
What Sets Us Apart
We treat the whole family, not just the student. Parent and family counseling is a built-in part of ICBT, not an add-on, because lasting change rarely happens in isolation from the people a student goes home to every day.
We stay connected to school and community. Our clinicians actively coordinate with school teams and other providers throughout treatment, so a student's plan at school and their plan in therapy are never working against each other.
We're built for continuity, not hand-offs. ICBT is designed to prevent a step-up to a higher level of care when possible, and to support a safe step-down when a student is ready, so families experience one consistent team rather than a series of disconnected placements.
Our approach is grounded in evidence-based care. Our clinical work draws on trauma-informed therapy and other evidence-based practices, delivered by a team trained to apply them consistently across every family we serve.
Every Family Deserves the Right Level of Support
If you're a parent, school team, or case manager wondering whether ICBT is the right fit, we're glad to talk it through.