protected function _createNode($parent, $expected)
{
$Aco = $this->Task->Acl->Aco;
$Aco->cacheQueries = false;
$result = $Aco->node($parent)->toArray();
$new = ['parent_id' => $result[0]['id'], 'alias' => 'someMethod'];
$new = $Aco->newEntity($new);
$Aco->save($new);
$children = $Aco->find('children', ['for' => $result[0]['id']])->toArray();
$this->assertEquals(count($children), $expected);
return $result;
}