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Valerie Herskowitz
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In Good Company with Sarah Gabriel
The Chocolate Spectrum Story
Valerie Herskowitz, founder and CEO of The Chocolate Spectrum, talks about the milestones and challenges of social entrepreneurship, the importance of community education, and what it takes to run a socially responsible business without compromising quality or impact.Use code IGC10 to get 10% off your next Chocolate Spectrum order! Key Take Aways:Great founders learn from others—find a mentor who’s been where you want to goApprenticeships create real pathways to employmentFunding and strategic planning are the oxygen every business (and mission!) needs to survive—How t...
2025-06-24
38 min
Helping Families Go Beyond
Sweet Futures: Expanding Opportunities for Individuals with Autism
In this episode, we sit down with Valerie Herskowitz, founder of The Chocolate Spectrum—a unique business and training program providing meaningful work opportunities for individuals on the autism spectrum. Valerie shares her journey as a therapist and mother, the inspiration behind the program, and how it’s transforming lives through chocolate-making. Listen as we explore topics like: The importance of honoring a child’s authenticity and individuality. Building inclusive workspaces and creating post-high school opportunities. Valerie’s vision for expanding The Chocolate Spectrum to better serve the community. Discover how The Chocolate Spectrum is making a differ...
2025-02-03
39 min
The Good Life
Chocolate Spectrum
Guest speaker Valerie Herskowitz, Chocolatier, shares The Chocolate Spectrum story where they create sweet opportunities for those with Autism.
2023-10-18
36 min
Living Inspired Podcast
Episode 4 - Valerie Herskowitz, Founder of The Chocolate Spectrum
Hello and welcome to our podcast! Today's episode is going to be especially sweet because we're joined by Valerie Herskowitz, MA CCC-SLP, CEO of The Chocolate Spectrum and a chocolatier with a heartwarming story. The Chocolate Spectrum is not your average chocolate company. They employ individuals with unique abilities, including the founder's own son who is on the autism spectrum.We're thrilled to be joined by Valerie who will be sharing with us her inspiring journey of building a company that not only creates delicious treats, but also provides meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.In t...
2023-04-17
59 min
Disorderly Blondes Autism PODCAST
S1 E6 The Sweet Spot
Send us a textMeet Valerie Herskowitz, owner of The Chocolate Spectrum Café and Academy in Jupiter, FL. Her sweet contributions to the special needs community have provided a rich assortment of flavorful foundations and textured trainings, sprinkling hope for young adults on the autism spectrum. Listen in as only Valerie could concoct this Master Class on just how much adult support and instruction still needs to be cooked up. What do you get when you combine an already “seasoned” speech and language pathologist, then stir in extra-decadent amounts of patience, determination, and love...
2019-02-23
53 min
Disorderly Blondes Autism PODCAST
S1 E6 The Sweet Spot
Send us a textMeet Valerie Herskowitz, owner of The Chocolate Spectrum Café and Academy in Jupiter, FL. Her sweet contributions to the special needs community have provided a rich assortment of flavorful foundations and textured trainings, sprinkling hope for young adults on the autism spectrum. Listen in as only Valerie could concoct this Master Class on just how much adult support and instruction still needs to be cooked up. What do you get when you combine an already “seasoned” speech and language pathologist, then stir in extra-decadent amounts of patience, determination, and love...
2019-02-23
53 min
Exploring Different Brains
Employment for the Neurodiverse, with Dr. Temple Grandin, Michael Bernick, & more | EDB 128
In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman explores the topic of finding employment for the neurodiverse by revisiting clips from some of our brilliant past guests. Featured are: Lynn Miner-Rosen, M.Ed., BCC, CDCS (Board Certified ADHD Coach and Career Coach for College Students and Young Adults. She also has personal experience with learning disabilities as a person with ADHD, and a parent), Michael McManmon, Ed.D. (speaker, writer, artist psychologist, and founder of the College Internship Program [CIP]—a post-secondary program serving students with Asperger’s Syndrome, autism, high functioning autism, ADHD, and other learning differences), Stacey Hoaglund (President of the...
2018-05-23
21 min
Autism Advantage
Diversifying Impact – A Follow up conversation with the Chocolate Spectrum
Welcome to the Autism Advantage podcast! I’m your host, Tom D’Eri. Throughout the first seven episodes of season 2, we chronicled the process of opening a second location of Rising Tide Car Wash, where we employ people with autism. If you tuned in, you heard all about how we planned this location, interviewed and trained our fantastic new employees, how the opening went, and much more. For the final three episodes of this season, we’re changing things up a bit! We want to revisit some of the incredible entrepreneurs who we featured in season 1 to hear a...
2018-01-20
39 min
Exploring Different Brains
The Chocolate Spectrum: Autism Employment One Sweet at a Time, w/ Valerie Herskowitz | EDB 107
In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman speaks with Valerie Herskowitz, who has been a speech pathologist and language specialist for 38 years and is the founder of the Chocolate Spectrum, a chocolate shop in Jupiter, Florida that is staffed by people on the Autism Spectrum. Valerie speaks to us about how the Chocolate Spectrum came about, the challenges she and other parents face in finding work for their adult children on the spectrum, and the importance to early exposure to career paths. For more about the Chocolate Spectrum, visit: http://thechocolatespectrum.com/ Or, visit them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com...
2017-11-29
27 min
Autism Advantage
The Reality of Starting a Business
Welcome to the Autism Advantage podcast! I’m your host, Tom D’Eri, the COO and co-founder of Rising Tide Car Wash. In case you’re not familiar with what we do, we employ a fantastic team of individuals with autism, allowing us to empower our staff while offering a fantastic experience to customers. We believe that individuals with autism are an incredible untapped resource for many business, and this show is dedicated to proving that employing these people can create real competitive advantages. Valerie Herskowitz is one of my fellow South Florida autism entrepreneurs and the founde...
2016-12-02
34 min
Autism One: A Conversation of Hope
When Hope is Lost
We hear of parents of children with autism ending their children’s and their own related suffering. What leads to this? Does the desire to save the child become desperation to end all the suffering? Is the parent’s heart crushed as their child is publicly ostracized? What is the effect of lack of family and friends’ support? This is a show for everyone who knows a family suffering with the struggles of autism. The child needs the parent to be happy and full of life. How can the parent continue to take care of themselves and embrace life? What is our...
2006-07-25
57 min