Response Training System

Comprehensive Assessment and Response Training System

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Response Training System (RTS)


About Us

The Response Training System (RTS) functions as the consultation arm of the CARTS Program. The primary goals of the RTS are to:

  • Enhance the continuity of treatment between the hospital and the residential,
  • Treatment center or group home by ‘exporting’ the treatment plan to the treatment facility,
  • Assist the residential staff in implementing discharge recommendations,
  • Provide technical assistance to the placement, and
  • Act as client advocates with respect to DCFS and other involved agencies.

Treatment Team

Deann Muehlbauer MPH

  • Coordinator of Clinical and Research Programs
  • Program Administration, Therapeutic Residential Performance Management Initiative (TRPMI)

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Randall S. Carter PsyD

  • Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Dr. Carter has many years ofexperience providing therapy and treatment services to abused and neglected children and their families. He has a long-standing interest in the development of trauma-based interventions for children and families and in the development of resiliency in children and adolescents.

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Randall S. Carter

Jamine Dettmering MA BCBA

  • RTS Consultant

Jamine Dettmering is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with over 20 years of experience working in human services. Before Master of Arts in Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) in 2014, Jamine worked as treatment coordinator and behavior and training specialist for a human service provider in Eastern Iowa that served individuals with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and traumatic brain injury.

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Jamine Dettmering

Kim Peek LCSW

  • RTS Consultant

Ms. Peek is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Ms. Peek is dedicated in serving children and their support system with unique social and emotional needs in a variety of capacities. She has experience working in Residential Treatment facilities in various roles and positions.

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Kim Peek

Tracy Pulliam LCSW

  • Central Region Response Training Consultant for the Comprehensive Assessment and Response Training System (CARTS)

Mrs. Tracy Pulliam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has dedicated most of her career working with children and youth who have experienced severe trauma. Her background includes therapy within the youth residential treatment realm, school social work, community outreach, private practice therapy and Integrated Assessment as well as several semesters teaching within the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana.

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Sharon Naylor OTR/L

  • RTS Consultant

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Saadia R. Williams MHS MA CADC CODPI

  • Research Specialist, Behavioral Health and Welfare Program
  • Department of Psychiatry, UIC

Saadia R. Williams has a passion for working with youth and has over 27 years of commitment to social services. While she has worked in community-based services, Saadia has a love for residential treatment programs. Through the span of her career, she has 21 years of substance abuse experience and 1...

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Saadia R. Williams

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