Touro University Worldwide Professor and Marriage and Family Therapist Offers Expert Testimony in High Profile Murder Trial
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Stephen Irshay, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Touro University Worldwide offered expert testimony in the trial related to the shooting death of 15-year-old Larry King, an Oxnard high school student killed by a fellow classmate who was allegedly provoked by King's homosexuality, " reported Dr. Bernard Luskin, LMFT and Director of the TUW MFT Program.
"I didn't believe something like that could just happen by itself. There had to be some mitigating experience involved," Irshay stated during the trial.
"Professor Irshay and other experts at TUW are frequently called in to give expert testimony in high profile cases," said Luskin. "We are particularly proud that Touro University Worldwide faculty are highly qualified and experts within their fields. This is why the TUW scholar practitioner model works so well. Our students benefit from the real world application and expertise of our faculty," echoed Irshay.
Irshay is a practicing marriage and family therapist in the Westlake Village area in addition to serving as Assistant Director of the MFT program at TUW. He has provided expert testimony in several high profile cases.
"This case struck me particularly hard and I knew there was more to this story," he said. "It's not an issue of harassment, although that is an issue that needs to be addressed," Irshay continued. "It's the behavior that needs to be addressed so as not to disrupt the school or anyone else."
"In situations like this, students have the unique opportunity to see how the curriculum is current and sometimes taken right out of the headlines. The best teaching tool is life experience. These cases bring clarity to many behavioral issues that are studied in the MFT program," Irshay explains.
Touro University Worldwide is a division of Touro College Los Angeles, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and member of the Touro College and University System. TUW offers online courses leading to a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. TUW courses are 3 units each, offered in 8-week terms. The next term begins on October 31, 2011.
To enroll in classes or request scholarship information, please call or email:
Matteo Indelicato, Program Advisor at [email protected], (818) 874-4118, or Heather Hoglund, Director of Enrollment Management at [email protected], (818) 874-4121.
Additional information is on the TUW website at: www.TouroW.edu.
Touro University Worldwide
Touro University Worldwide a division of Touro College Los Angeles, accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). TUW presently offers online Masters' Degree Programs in Business (MBA), Organizational and Leadership Psychology, Media and Communications Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy. For program and enrollment information, visit: www.TouroW.edu.
About the Touro College and University System
Touro is a system of non-profit institutions of higher and professional education. Touro College was chartered in 1970 primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American and global community. Approximately 19,000 students are currently enrolled in its various schools and divisions. Touro College has branch campuses, locations and instructional sites in the New York area, as well as branch campuses and programs in Berlin, Jerusalem, Moscow, Paris, and Florida. Touro University California and its Nevada branch campus, as well as Touro College Los Angeles and its Touro University Worldwide division are separately accredited institutions within the Touro College and University System. For further information on Touro College, please go to: http://www.touro.edu/media/.
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