Method for controlling the operation of a motorized drive device for a home automation closure or sunscreen installation comprising a screen, a winding tube, an electromechanical actuator for moving the screen and including an output shaft, said method involving the following steps: - acquisition of a command to move the screen; - selection of a position in which to stop the screen according to the screen movement command acquired; - determination of a current position of the screen; - movement of the screen at a first electromechanical actuator output shaft rotational reference speed when the determined current position of the screen is upstream of a position in which the screen enters a zone nearing the selected stopping position; - and if not, movement of the screen at a second electromechanical actuator output shaft rotational reference speed, the second rotational reference speed being lower than the first rotational reference speed.