Christine East has a Bachelor of Education Degree and a long background in teaching. Since 1994, when she studied for a Diploma in Advanced Professional Studies to teach children and young people with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia). She has worked with many students whose learning style is different from the conventional. She became aware from the start that people with dyslexia absorb information in a multitude of ways which are, not necessarily, the most accepted ways in most schools – i.e. via the written word.
Upon gaining her Diploma and Associate membership of the BDA, Christine started a private practice with students who exhibited dyslexic tendencies. In 1999, she came across the book ‘The Gift of Dyslexia’ by Ron Davis and had profound sympathy with the principles behind and the methods described in this book. The parent of the student who had introduced her to the book asked her to attend on the last day of her son’s programme in order to learn how to support him in the follow-up work. The way of working and the use of clay impressed her.