I am a teacher and I have a boy in my class diagnosed with ODD, ADDHD and mild autism. If I am honest I will say he is hard work and it is draining but I am trying and some strategies I have put in place for him (he is 8yrs old) are: he has a stress ball that he can hold anytime he wants, I have him on a sensory mat which kind of helps with his need to pick at things, he has a chill out corner he can go to in the room. He doesnt have to ask me, he can just go there and I know to leave him. He also needs to know exactly what is going on in the day, hates unexpected change, so I clearly lay out picture cards for him on black cardboard. We have feeling cards as well.

I still have a lot to learn about it all.