About Graceful Expression
Graceful Expression provides speech, language, and feeding therapy for the pediatric population in the child’s natural environment. Graceful Expression understands the importance of treating your child as a “whole”, by collaborating with other professionals involved in the child’s life. Using evidenced based methods tailored to your child’s needs, providing parent education, and using a family-centered approach will be implemented during each speech and feeding session. We want your child to be able to express their wants/needs, connect with their family and peers, all while having fun.
A Little Bit About Me
Grace Bernales is a pediatric speech-language pathologist and founder of Graceful Expression. She first received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, then decided to further her studies at Eastern Washington University for her M.S. in Communication Disorders, completed in 2014. She is licensed by the state of CA and holds a Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Grace has had 13 years of experience working with children ranging from 14 m/o to 17 years old. For 5 years she worked as a behavioral therapist to children with ASD and those with Down syndrome. During this time, she grew to learn about the field of speech pathology from her clients’ families. Through her research/volunteer opportunities, her passion to become an SLP began. Once she became an SLP, she knew that she would eventually open up her own private practice, inspired by her father, who was a family practitioner with his own clinic.
