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Book Miriam Manela Frankel for Your Next Parent Event

Inspire your audience. Equip them with real tools. Bring in someone who gets it.

If your school, clinic, or community is ready for a speaker who combines warmth, wisdom, and humor

Miriam Manela Frankel is ready to deliver.

Miriam has dedicated over 20 years to helping parents understand what’s behind their child’s behavior—and how to respond with calm, clarity, and confidence. As a behavioral occupational therapist and creator of the Thrive Method, she brings a unique, story-rich approach that’s both evidence-based and deeply relatable.

Perfect For

🎓 Private Schools & Yeshivas
đź§’ Early Childhood Centers
🏫 Homeschooling Groups & PTA Events
đź§  Teacher In-Service Days
🤝 Parent Coaching Circles
🏥 Pediatric Clinics or Therapy Practices

Why Audiences Love Miriam

✔️ Deep empathy for overwhelmed parents
✔️ Clinical insight—without the jargon
✔️ Story-driven, practical, and grounded
✔️ Engaging and relatable
✔️ Rooted in neuroscience, told through story
✔️ Every attendee walks away with tools they can use that day

Topics that hit home

Each workshop is grounded in real-life scenarios and hands-on strategies.
Sessions can be tailored to parents, educators, or mixed audiences.

Stay calm. Speak clearly. Work Better.

Speak with confidence. Respond with clarity. Lead with calm—no matter who’s in the room.

Beyond the Label: Understanding the Real Needs Behind ADHD

Turn chaos into connection—learn how to support children with ADHD from the inside out.

Helping Kids Tune In: Attention Strategies That Stick

Equip yourself with the tools to unlock focus, ignite learning, and help children stay fully present.

Behind the Behavior: Understanding Fear & Stress in Children

Help children move from fear to freedom—with strategies that calm the nervous system and build emotional resilience.

The Regulated Child: Building Calm From the Inside Out

Give children the tools to manage big feelings—without shame or shutdown.

From Reactivity to Regulation: Helping Impulsive Children Pause

Give children the gift of the pause—learn how to build impulse control from the inside out.

Making Sense of Sensory: Understanding and Supporting SPD

Decode the sensory world—gain strategies to calm chaos, boost learning, and nurture nervous system balance.

From Stuck to Started: Supporting Praxis in Children

Help kids go from “I can’t” to “I’ve got this”—one small success at a time.

Brick Walls & Breakthroughs: Understanding the Teen Years

Bridge the gap with your teen—gain tools to connect, communicate, and guide them through the journey to adulthood.

The Moro Reflex: Addressing Reflex-Based Stress Responses

Go beyond behavior—discover how addressing the Moro primitive movement pattern can unlock emotional balance and stability.

Book Miriam for Your Next Event

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Mary Falzarano, PhD OT

Kean University

”We are so appreciative of your knowledge and generosity in sharing your time and experience. Many of the students want to do a fieldwork experience with you! They all commented on the informative, interesting lecture.”

Chaya Hyman, MS OTR/L

“I just had to reach out to commend you on your outstanding recent therapy presentations. I finished watching the recording of your FPR workshop this morning, and it was absolutely excellent. I’ve taken the other two workshops you presented recently as well, and I’m always so impressed by how you take complex clinical concepts and make them easy to understand—while offering clear, practical tools for treatment. Your ability to teach in a way that is both insightful and accessible is truly exceptional!”

Malki Kahn and Itta Weber

theramoves.com

After doing a fabulous course with Miriam, positive feedback from the attendees included:

“I thoroughly enjoyed Miriam's course; it was interesting from beginning to end. I loved her visual demonstrations, which gave me hands-on practical ideas to implement in my therapy sessions.”

“Miriam's course was clear and easy to understand. She showed many useful exercises.”

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