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Worcester County special‑needs students shown ‘Expanding Expression’ tool; board hears AAC integration and classroom examples
Summary
District staff and a Worcester County graduate demonstrated the Expanding Expression Tool (EET) at Cedar Chapel Special School, explaining how colored beads and pictorial prompts help nonverbal and limited‑verbal students build language and use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices.
At an April board meeting Worcester County Public Schools staff demonstrated the Expanding Expression Tool (EET) and described classroom uses for students with limited or no verbal communication, saying the tool improves both verbal and written expression and pairs with communication devices such as eye‑gaze systems.
Belinda Goulias introduced the demonstration and said the district adapted the EET for nonverbal students. Worcester County graduate Zoe Jackson walked the board through the seven bead prompts and how they map to a student’s communication device: green for category/group, blue for action, a white bead with an…
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