Sensory overload

So the last few days Airen has come home from school a bit upset. He doesn't come right out and tell me what is wrong or if something happened at school. Yesterday it was a good day because he had OT and the therapist does ''brushings'' on his arms & legs. Airen enjoys this lots and it tends to calm him down a bit. Today he got in the van and was really quiet and had a sad face. Asking him questions on the way home I managed to get a few things out of him. He is very upset that he didn't get to stand next to a little boy in line and someone else did. He doesn't understand things with friends very well. We are working on social stories on how to be a good friend and how to give our friends space when they need it. So when we finally got home he walked in the house in tears. He sat on my lap crying and had me sing his special song, "Come Stop your Crying" from Tarzan. Almost immediately he calmed down and stopped crying. Driving to Ms W later this afternoon he opened up telling me that during reading time in his reader it is too noisy for him to ''keep his mind straight''. The poor kid has such sensory issues and any outside noise seems to upset him and he can't concentrate. So we talked about him telling his teacher when its too noisy and that he can't think straight so hopefully he can try to fix the problem by using his words. I am volunteering in the school tomorrow so I will probably stop by and talk to his teacher about the distractions he's talking about and hopefully Airen will speak to his teacher also. At Ms W this evening he and his little friends were twirling on the swings and then got to jump on the trampoline. So thankfully he had an energy release and is ready to sleep tonight.