Task Analysis:
1. Engage the student in an activity known to provide pleasure. Obviously, you should intervene if the student demonstrates destructive behavior, but this is not the purpose of this step. The positive interaction is to establish that interactions with the student are not dependent on negative behavior but can occur regardless of whether or not destructive behavior is taking place.
2. Continue Step 1, having someone observe the student throughout the day. If an act of destruction occurs, physically intervene to stop the action and physically guide the student through the process of cleaning up or "fixing," where reasonable. Require the student to perform some additional act to help the person whose property was harmed. If the situation cannot be corrected by physical guidance, immediately set up a process to perform "work" to reimburse the loss. Provide reinforcement for appropriate behavior that occurs for more than I hour.
3. Continue Step 2, gradually increasing the period of time to provide reinforcement for nondestructive behavior from 1 hour to 8 hours.
4. Continue Step 3, using a chart to measure daily progress. When performing overcorrection activities, attempt to reduce the physical guidance needed.
5. Continue Step 4, providing additional reinforcement (rewards) for a I-week level of success.