If your son is in self contained. Have him pulled out for gym recess. Art and request a one on one aide during those times.

Or you can suggest he be moved to inclusion class part of the school day.

I started my own play group after school with 3 mothers and it worked out as a socializing event for my son and a parents group for us. We did it for about 3-4 years I still keep in touch 12 years later

Hey, I think your school is required to provide those services to you. It is not a matter of if they have them. I think, they have to supply them to you.

That sounds like a great place! Hopedale is quite a drive for us. We are on the North Shore, on the Southern NH border.

I am not sure where you are in MA but we take the children to Sensibility Gym in Hopedale, it is a great place for the children to play and the adults to talk at the same time. They have a website where you can look them up. The good thing is that there is no judgement because everyone is going through the same thing