Tuesday OT with Mel & Sissy's closing program at school

I cannot express in words how great Dacotah's OT is, she is wonderful with him and he interacts great with her. Today he was playing with his trains a lot longer than normal. He enjoyed playing on his slide and knocking over his block wall that Mel would help him rebuild. There was something I did notice was when she asked him to lift a block over his head, he dropped it behind him (accidentally) but he never realized he dropped it or that it was gone. She explained that once it was over his head it was Out of Sight and his lack of body awareness makes him "forget" (lack of a better word) he had it over his head. I have to say that must be sad trying not knowing where in space your body is. But we have noticed it on more than one occasion that he has issues with it. We will work on him learning simpler words through play such as in up,down,in, out, over, under, this, that, etc. until she comes back.
We tried Lycra material, he is not a fan. I was really hopeful that it would be a comfort, but instead, he freaked out completely when we tried swinging him in it. :( So I'll introduce it at night and see if he will be okay with it. So we are back to compressions and brushing. Really hoping that works, he hated brushing to start with but learned he enjoys it, so now when I asked if he wants to be brushed he replies with a head shake.
So basically if you think of our senses, when Dacotah is introduced to something new, not only does he have to register the color, feel, and smell, but learn the name. (may be a reason for the delayed speech). So during playtime, we will start naming the items, so he's only getting the one sense at a time instead an overload which leads to confusion and frustration.
Montana's closing ceremony at school was a nightmare. No honestly the program wasn't a nightmare it was awesome, there were a ton of people, in 6.5 years this had to be the most I had ever seen at the end of school celebration. However, it proved to be tooooo much for Dacotah. Too many people, a lot of talking, and a kid that started screaming within the first 5 minutes. The only time he stopped was when we went in the back and I got him to calm down, but he freaked out upon re-entering the sanctuary. Barbara took him outside with Daddy J, and even though they missed Montana walking in, they were able to sneak back in with him once it got started and more calming.
However, at the end prior to coming home, everyone was up walking and talking and he freaked again. To most it would look like a tired child, but as his mom, I have a feeling he is thinking too many people in a small room. At home, he continued to scream and cry for another 20 minutes before I could finally get him to calm down. Needless to say, it led to one stressed out mommy and baby.