Buckets and Barrels™

Looking for a tool that used to be here?

Some of the tools moved into the course: the Individual Profile, the Bottleneck Finder, the full Clarity Guides, and the deep reading on how the vessels work together. They are all still here, just inside.

If you already have the link, the course is yours at no cost. Write to rhonda@brainbarrels.com and say so. There is nothing to prove and no code to enter.

Rhonda Brimmer Austin, M.Ed.
The Course

The Whole Thing, in Order, with Me Walking It

The free pages give you the idea and the pattern. The course gives you the picture, the plan, and the words for the meeting.

The Course

What Is Inside

No mystery about it. This is the list.

“I’ve learned a thing or two.”GRANDPA
Thirteen videos

Me, Walking It

  • Welcome, and how to walk this in order
  • Nine videos, one for each vessel, led by its character
  • Reading your child’s pattern, walking a redacted evaluation through the Individual Profile
  • Finding the bottleneck, walking the Bottleneck Finder
  • What to say at the meeting, the advocacy language spoken out loud
The two tools

The Picture and the Plan

The Bucket and Barrel Individual Profile turns the scores on an evaluation into a plain-language picture.

The Bottleneck Finder shows where one weak link slows everything downstream, which is what turns a picture into a plan.

The full guides

Print and Audio

The complete Clarity Guide for every vessel, in print and read aloud. What it does, what a leak looks like, and the exact words to use with teachers and in IEP meetings.

The two-minute version of each guide stays free on the site.

The deep reading

How the Vessels Work Together

The long-form explanation of the two barrels and the seven buckets, the Borrowing Trick in full, and what the behavior is actually telling you.

When you get stuck

Me, on a Call

If something in your child’s pattern does not make sense, book a free 20-minute call and ask me.

Book a free call →

Where Your Child’s Scores Sit

Bell curve of standard scores. 100 is dead average. The average range runs from 85 to 115, where about 68 of every 100 people score.

About 68 out of every 100 people score between 85 and 115. That is why the average range is so wide.

Inside the Course

See the Tools Running

Two short cuts from inside the course, about ninety seconds each. You are watching the tools work on a redacted example. They are not lessons in how to read one.

“Wait. I can see it.”PENNY
Video coming soon

The Individual Profile

A real evaluation, redacted, going in one end and coming out as a picture a parent can read.

Video coming soon

The Bottleneck Finder

Where the water stops, and which one thing to fix first.

“Ready, set, go.”TEMPO

When It Opens

The course is opening soon. Put your name on the list and you will hear first, with the price, before anyone else does.

You do not have to wait to start. Start Here walks the same path in order, free, today.

Put Me on the List → Start Free Now

One More Thing

Coming soon: the Buckets and Barrels AI Tutor. It is a private tutor for your child, built around the way their own brain works. It works best for students in special education, students with a 504 plan, and students in the referral process.

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