Task Analysis:
1. Determine the specific actions that were being referred to in the evaluation that determined these behaviors to be present by talking to the assessment respondent or observing the student.
2. When stereotypic behaviors occur, offer an activity and encourage the student to participate in it. The activity should be one that involves whole-body movement, such as swinging or spinning, to provide vestibular stimulation. If the student shows a significant reduction in the target behaviors, introduce more body-movement activities into the student, daily schedule.
3. In addition to the actions of Step 2, remove the student from the current environment to a quieter and less demanding location. If reductions are noted, consider making changes to the classroom or the setting where the behavior is displayed to more closely mimic the environment where the positive change took place.
4. lf the target behaviors are displayed when new activities or situations occur, attempt to determine if the activity itself or the transition to a new activity is the source of these behaviors. Manipulate activity content and provide repeated prior notifications of activity changes that are about to occur. Watch for changes.
5. Another activity is to gently and physically guide the student to stop performing the behavior. Reduce the physical guidance until only a gestural cue is needed.
6. Continue experimenting with Steps 1 through 5, providing positive verbal praise for successful improvements.