I read an article that was published in the trade journal about the number of adolescents that commits or attempt to commit suicide among adolescences that are in special education classes. They are from the Mexican American population. The article was written by Medina and Luna, to write this article they did research on why children are committing suicide and what signs to look out for. During this research it will also play a role among educators and administrations of the schools population see warning signs and seek help for the students. According to the authors Medina and Luna they felt that this was a risky group and went unnoticed until this study.

Using small groups of children that fitted the demographics is how they were about to conduct there interviews. Taking use of Seidman’s interview procedures they were able to find out some of the factors that plays a role in why children commit suicide, attempt suicide or even think about it. Using the information that they collected from the interviews they then combine that information among other information and studies that were done to pin point the prime reasons. They looked at studies that did not focus on Mexican Americans but focused on every culture. The findings were that they are a high rate of Mexican Americans that commit, attempt to commit or have thought about suicide than any other in there age range. It was also found that suicide is committed by special education children due to depression which is a normal cause of suicide. This research is an example of a critical methodological orientation. By using this process the authors are trying to find ways to help change the policies and procedures that educators use when working with children who show and have the demographics. The publication provides more than just graphs, facts and numbers it contains information form the interviews