ABSTRACT
A developed procedure, designated as Overcorrection, holds promise as an effective, enduring, and acceptable method of eliminating self-stimulatory behavior. The procedure was used in treating the aggressive-disruptive behaviors of a brain-damaged patient and two retarded patients. The Overcorrection procedures reduced each deviant behavior to a near-zero level within two weeks and maintained this effect for several months with minimal supervision by institutional staff. The general rationale of the Overcorrection procedure is to over-correct the environmental effects of an inappropriate act, and to require the disruptor intensively to practice overly correct forms of relevant behavior. The method of achieving the first objective of correcting the effects of the disruption is designated as Restitutional Overcorrection, and consists of requiring the disruptor to correct the consequences of his misbehavior by having him restore the situation to a state vastly improved from that which existed before the disruption.
