Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) Overview

The Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) offers a unified practice approach designed to enhance collaboration among child welfare, juvenile probation, county mental health providers, Tribes, regional centers, education partners and community-based organizations. Its ultimate goal is to create a cohesive statewide service system that supports families, children and youth. This course introduces the ICPM by exploring its history, evolution and core components. Participants will be encouraged to critically assess how their agencies and individual practices align with ICPM principles and identify opportunities for growth and improvement.

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

• Recall how the ICPM encompasses the California Child Welfare Core Practice Model (CPM) and the Pathways to Wellbeing/Katie A. and includes practice behaviors to be used across child welfare, behavioral health, probation, and other child/youth serving systems.
• Describe the shared values, core components, and standards of practice the ICPM establishes for child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health and other child/youth serving systems.
• Summarize the core components of the ICPM.
• Recognize the importance of viewing and applying the ICPM through a culturally responsive lens.
• Endorse the ICPM as a foundational guide for trauma-informed, culturally responsive, child/youth- and family-centered practice that supports safety, permanency and well-being.
• Endorse the ICPM as a practical guide to improve delivery of timely, effective and integrated prevention services to children, youth and families.