You Are Your Child’s #1 Advocate...Assistant Principal Julian Saavedra on Championing Your Child’s Learning Needs

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5 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Mamas welcome Julian Saavedra, Assistant Principal and host of The Opportunity Gap podcast, to discuss learning differences in kids of color and how to support their unique needs. Julian highlights the importance of de-stigmatizing special education, having open conversations with your child about their school experience, and building relationships with administrators to advocate for your child’s success. With Julian’s guidance - and the work of Understood.org - underserved communities can take advantage of the tools available to help kids not only survive but thrive in school and help close the gap. Learn more: Understood.org is a nonprofit that provides free, expert-vetted resources for parents, kids, and individuals who learn and think differently. With their wide range of products, content, tools, and other resources, they’re shaping a world where everyone can reach their potential.

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Ashley. I'm Fee. It's Melanie. And Cody here. And you've tapped into
0:09.2	the Mamas Dan. We're all Mamas and we've got 11 kids between the four of us. And let's just say we are tired.
0:18.3	But we're also friends who are going through this journey of motherhood together.
0:22.6	Each week, we are giving you some laughs, maybe some tears, sharing our personal stories,
0:27.3	and of course, giving advice what we hope is helpful.
0:30.7	This is the show we wish we had before becoming mammas.
0:33.6	So grandmas, aunties, sisters, uncles, daddy, brothers, everybody who's in the village of raising children, we got you.
0:40.6	Shall we get into it, ladies?
0:42.1	Let's do it.
0:46.2	I just want to know if Julian can sing, because we'd be singing.
0:50.0	This whole show is a singing show.
0:51.4	It's actually a musical.
0:52.5	Welcome to the mama's in.
0:54.5	Come on to that to me. Welcome to the actually a musical. Welcome to you on the couch. Come on.
0:55.7	Don't do that to me.
0:56.9	Not to the churrish song.
0:59.7	Welcome to the mama's den.
1:05.2	Well, you got a welcome to the mama's den.
1:06.7	My name is Julian.
1:08.0	I'm here to win.
1:10.3	Passing to Melanie.
1:10.8	What are you got to say, baby. Oh, I'm here to win. Hey. Passing to Melanie. What you got to say, baby.
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