DS has ASD (Aspergers). He's in a regular classroom at a private school. We have a shadow in there with him now and things are overall getting better. The one thing he still struggles with is that he sometimes finds the classroom too noisy. He has accommodations in his IEP to allow him to go to the library for quiet time to calm down when he needs it. In general, that seems to work well.
The problem is that he can't go there all day and miss too much class time. We have found that recently he has become more sensitive to noise and things that he used to be able to tolerate, are now difficult for him. He goes out a few times a week with a small group for enrichment but other than that he is in the main classroom. The shadow has told me that sometimes when he complains about the nose, she agrees it is a bit loud but sometimes it's just the regular sounds of lots of kids in a classroom. It is a big class with 28 kids in it.
We don't doubt that the regular noise is in fact disturbing to him but are having difficulty figuring out how to help him. Plus, now that they are towards the end of the year (he's in grade 3), the workload is a bit heavier and more challenging so I imagine that when he tries to concentrate, even a little noise is difficult for him.
Has anyone else dealt with this and found a solution that worked well for their child?