Verbal descriptions are important for academic success and are included in the 2010 Common Core State Standards; however, children with language impairment (LI) often have limitations in this area. The Expanding Expression Tool™ (EET) is a multisensory program designed to teach children with LI a conceptual strategy to produce comprehensive verbal or written descriptions. The EET learning tool is a toy made of large, color-coded beads on a thick cord. Users are taught a chant in which each colored bead corresponds to a specific component of a comprehensive description. Instruction is supported by a variety of color-coded materials, worksheets, and suggested activities. The effects of the EET program on the verbal descriptions produced by two children with LI were investigated using a single case research design. The participants were two boys, ages 6.7 and 9.9 years respectively. Each received 15 half-hour sessions of instruction in the EET program. The dependent variable was a probe, adapted from an investigation by Dudek (2014) to elicit verbal descriptions of six common nouns, administered at the beginning of each session. Responses to the six nouns were scored using rubrics adapted from Dudek; these scores were averaged to yield a Giving Verbal Descriptions score for each probe. Results indicated that the positive changes in each participant’s scores from baseline to completion of the intervention were significant and reflected an increase in the number and type of attributes produced by both participants.
