training package
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Education for the Developmentally Young (EDY) is a structured teaching approach involving strategies such as task analysis, chaining tasks and discrete trials to train children through a gradient of prompts until they can master tasks independently.
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The EDY approach also focuses on classroom organisation and planning to optimise
the use of adults within a classroom.
Read this article on room management. While the terminology is dated, the principles
of classroom management remain valid.
McBrien and Weightman: The effect of room management procedures on the engagement of profoundly retarded children
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Farrell, P., McBrien, J. and Foxen, T. (1992) EDY instructor's handbook: Teaching People with severe Learning Difficulties. Manchester University Press.