Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD 9.6.24 How many times a day do you have online interactions with friends, including social media, texting, even video calls? And how many times a day do you see your friend face-to-face for social interaction? if you are like most people, you have far more social
Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD 8.26.24 It can be so challenging in a busy week to make sure you have time to maintain friendships, or make new ones. To help you work on prioritizing time with friends, try some of these tips!
Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD 6.17.24 In my last post, I shared ideas for how to make new friends. Now let’s think about how to help build closer friendships with people. In order to help build closer friendships, a key is spending time together – sharing activities you enjoy, and getting
Kaarin Anderson Ryan 5.21.24 It can be difficult to meet new friends in our busy world. To try to build more friendships, you need to start by creating opportunities and taking some initiative. Here are 3 ideas for meeting new people and forming friendships:
Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD 5.1.24 How many friends do you have? Acquaintances? Social media contacts? There are a lot of ways to think about friends and friendship, and the landscape is changing all the time. All forms of friendship and social contact hold some meaning for us, whether it is
Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD August 22, 2023 To help improve optimism, start by taking a look at what surrounds you. Do you watch or read a lot of negative news? Do you spend time with people who are negative? You don’t have to stop looking at the news or spending
Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD, BCBA, LBA 12.1.20 After several months of lighter restrictions, along with outdoor activity options that gave all of us more opportunities for safe socializing, now we are seeing tighter restrictions in many states and communities as the pandemic hits a second wave. In much of the
Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD, BCBA 10.30.19 Let’s think about what we envision when it comes to planning out our lives. How do we make big decisions? What supports have we had to help us get to where we want to be, or what supports could we have used that we
Dr. Kaarin Anderson Ryan, PhD, BCBA. 6.5.19 Summer is here!!! Many students and parents look forward to the summer break from school and routine. Each family has its own approach to summer planning. Some kids go to camps or programs throughout the summer, maintaining structure and schedules similar
Kaarin Anderson Ryan 1.31.19 Friendship. For many people, friendship is one of the most important things in life. Why does friendship carry such weight for us? What exactly does it mean to have a friend? What does it mean to be a friend? What are the different kinds of friends?
With so many great resources available to help kids and adults on the autism spectrum with social skills, it is very difficult to decide which things to try. It is also difficult not to get a little overwhelmed with the choices. We have spent a lot of time working with