Coping with School assemblies

[Guest guest]

My son, who is seven, is extremely sensitive to sound - most of our ASD

children are, but he is extreme even within this group. His parapro would

like to be able to take him to assemblies and functions in the school gym.

So far, he tenses up and requests over and over to leave. Even with primary

reinforcers, he wants to leave. Perhaps it is just not realistic to expect

him to enjoy or even tolerate these types of things. I wondered if anyone

has found a way to help a child with this problem tolerate these activities.

Joy