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I agree with Cathy-Dee
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I have a child in my class who is 6 who has ODD. They feel he is FAS - I teach at a reserve school. You cant argue with him and the outbursts do take away from your time with other children - I have a class size of 30 -
all ESL students as Cree is their first language. I have a TA in my class, but at the start of the year his screaming and escaping was a huge problem. I would not have my TA running the halls looking for him, rather I contacted the office which I also did when his behaviour was so bad it was upsetting the rest of my class. By November, I had a TA for him, and while she is not the greatest,

she is able to deal with him and take him out of the room when needed.
I have found a huge improvement in his behaviour. I pick my battles with him, some things just are not worth it. I can usually tell within 5 min of his arrival at school what kind of day we will have. There is a psyc report on him, and it does say he has to learn to take responsibility for his actions and I do hold him accountable. I have selected behaviours that need to be worked on and use a sticker chart of rewards for him that I have found to be really effective.
Having his own TA allows him to be taken out of the classroom setting and he can work in the office or library rather then being sent home. He is a pretty smart kid, and I have noticed that for him, structured activity works far better then free time as free time often leads to problems.
I wish you luck with yours, I guess we should all be happy this young fellow has been diagnosed young and here is hoping that over the years behaviour will remain constant or get better rather then worse.