Beat End-of-School Year Burnout: Strategies for Support Your Child
As the school year winds down, many children and teens experience increased fatigue, irritability, and difficulty staying motivated. What may look like “checking out” is often a sign of cognitive and emotional overload.
In this evidence-based webinar, MPG Senior Psychologist Lauren Feiden will help parents understand the drivers of end-of-year burnout, and provide clear, practical strategies to support their child through the final stretch and actionable tools you can use right away at home.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the signs of burnout vs. typical fatigue: Understand how stress builds over the school year and how it shows up across different ages
- Support motivation and follow-through: Use evidence-based strategies to reduce overwhelm, break down tasks, and help your child stay engaged
- Reduce conflict and emotional reactivity: Learn how to respond to irritability, shutdowns, and resistance without escalating power struggles
- Create realistic structure and expectations: Adjust routines and demands in a way that supports your child’s capacity while still maintaining progress
About Instructor
Dr. Lauren Feiden is a New York State licensed psychologist (#020219). She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from McGill University and her graduate degree in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where she specialized in child and adolescent treatment. She completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Andrus Children’s Center in Westchester, NY.
Dr. Feiden has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families facing a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and disruptive behavior disorders. She is formally trained in evidence-based therapies including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and has supervised clinicians in training across various therapeutic modalities.
She has provided treatment across diverse settings, including community mental health centers, inpatient and partial hospitalization programs, private practice, and New York City private schools. She is experienced in collaborating with school teams, including those in progressive and special education settings, to support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral functioning within the classroom and broader school environment.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Feiden previously served as an assistant director at Big Apple Day Program’s summer treatment camp, where she supported children and families navigating the social and emotional aspects of camp life, drawing on her own background as both a camper and staff member.
Dr. Feiden has led groups for children, adolescents, adults, and families focused on enhancing social skills, managing divorce and separation, coping with grief, improving emotional regulation, and fostering positive self-concept. She adopts an integrative, collaborative treatment approach, tailoring her work to each client’s unique needs, symptoms, and goals, and partnering closely with families to support meaningful and lasting change.
