On June 19, 2020, Jerome Price, Director of the Michigan Family Institute, presented an inservice training seminar for the clinical staff of Birmingham Maple Clinic about Failure To Launch; young adults who resist leaving home.
This was the first inservice training seminar presented remotely on Zoom since the pandemic of COVID-19 resulted in the clinic shifting to telehealth services from in-person sessions.
Jerome Price described his Family Systems theoretical approach as a hierarchical reinforcement of the family structure; returning the power in the family to the parents to create and implement a plan to assist the young adult to separate from the family home. He stated that often the symptoms the young adult experiences are a metaphor for the family conflicts.