Pensfan, you got me looking at Jack Raykovitz's state licensure, just on the remote chance that he had any complaints filed against him. I found none; license still intact (as Clinical Psychologist, BTW). John Robert Raykovitz.
Interestingly, since he has a colleague at MidStep Centers who specializes in child abuse, that means The Second Mile had a known resource available to make referrals to, or to recommend to the professionals who worked with TSM kids. So, that's nice. She is:
"Dr. [Georgianna] Achilles is experienced in treating behavioral and emotional problems in children and adolescents, and has specialized training in child abuse treatment." [And she takes payment thru several insurers, although MidStep's founder, Dr. Peter Montminy takes no insurance--private pay only.]
http://www.midstep.com/achilles/
I also verified the licenses of Dr. Montminy; and the lack of any state license per PA's records for Katherine Genovese (formerly Bernecker).
Apparently, Raykovitz was allowed to stay with MidStep till Aug, 20ll:
"Raykovitz stepped away from his a part-time child psychology practice at MidStep Centers for Child Development around August, when the grand jury investigation became public, said Dr. Peter Montminy, the office’s founding director."
per:
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/11/15/111511-news-penn-state-1-3
Dr. Montminy has known of the good work of Second Mile a long time. When TSM was looking for money in 1994 he gave them this endorsement:
"Giving children positive reinforcement and increasing self-esteem by accomplishing various activities makes Second Mile a strong program for children with problems, said Peter Montminy, a child psychologist with the University's Psychological Clinic."
from:
http://www.collegian.psu.edu:8080/archive/1994/04/04-25-94tdc/04-25-94dnews-1.asp
Also at the link immediately above, in 1994, Katherine Genovese (Bernecker), TSM's Program Director, was quoted:
"Sometimes a volunteer will be assigned to help a specific child overcome a problem by talking and spending extra time with him or her, Bernecker said."
Genovese/Bernecker, best I can see, after her education at PSU never worked substantially anywhere other than TSM. Nor would she have the license to do so.
Raykovitz also had another professional practice in town, where Carol L Skinner, also a licensed clin psychologist worked. I've forgotten the name. I could hop on one foot from its location to MidStep's State College office.
Anyone wanting to check on any others Raykovitz may have had an affiliation with can find some of those here:
http://www.cityfos.com/Raykovitz-John-R-PhD-1036988.profile.htm
Just keeping up with the pros.