Help with a child answering back..

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I work as an LSA and one of the children has taken to answering me back in a very confrontaional way. He is rude and more often than not shouts in my face. I am calm with him but everything is a battle I have a high expectaion of him and the others I am with but they are never rude to me.

The class teacher is aware but has no advice or support.. what can I do differently?

Have a standard response and expectation of him each time he does this behaviour.

If he answers back and isn't interrupting others or you then ask him to physically move back from you i.e. please step back or please sit back down (assuming he approaches either by getting up from his chair or stepping closer). I will happily discuss this further with you if you ask me quietly and politely. He may need some examples of how to ask quietly and politely. Do not let him change subject or carry on being rude until he has physically backed off.

If he is interrupting others/ you, and it is possible, ignore him until they/ you are finished and then repeat as above.

I think you just have to be very firm and make it clear that you won't accept his rudeness. i think the class teacher needs to support you and reinforce the message his rudeness is unacceptable.
Calmly tell him you aren't shouting at him so you don't expect him to shout at you

I also thought that maybe backing off a bit may help I am on him all the time to keep him on task but maybe if I had a timer and timed the amount of time he had to finish X Y Z then backed off only offereing help and encouragmet when needed. If he had not compleated then he would need to finish during lunch/play? A bit negative I know but I am quite tir ed of the answering back and shouting at me.

When he has stayed in in the past then he has done his work in 5 mins or less. In class same work with me continually encouraging can take 30mins.