Grace Roach, B.A.

Grace is a senior research assistant for the PEERS for Dating study UCLA PEERS® Clinic under the mentorship of Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson. She previously served as a behavioral coach in PEERS® for Preschoolers. Grace has several years of experience working in clinical settings conducting intakes, scoring neuropsychological assessments, and assisting licensed psychologists. She also has experience working as a research assistant studying language acquisition in children at her undergraduate institution, Santa Clara University. She is currently completing her Master’s in Psychology at Pepperdine University and hopes to pursue a Clinical Psychology doctoral program. Her clinical research interests include the early assessment and intervention of adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and mood and anxiety disorders.