<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1391c957-a0cc-4d81-980a-51dd37457289/F2301D62-29E5-4EB2-A240-F5B648356609/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html" href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html" style="font-size: 11px;">psychcentral.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html"><H1 id="post-3634"><A title="Permanent Link: Mental Health Needs of Foster Children" rel="bookmark" href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html">Mental Health Needs of Foster Children</A></H1></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html" href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html" style="font-size: 11px;">psychcentral.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html"> <IMG alt="Mental Health Needs of Foster Children" src="http://psychcentral.com/news/u/2009/01/mentalhealthneedsoffosterchildren.jpg" id="newsimg" />Of the approximately half-million children and adolescents in foster care in the U.S., experts estimate that 42 to 60 percent of them have emotional and behavioral problems. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/psychcentral.com/img/633A0FC7-F222-4B5D-89A0-0493E6EA4D9E" alt="Mental Health Needs of Foster Children" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/14/mental-health-needs-of-foster-children/3634.html"><P>About half of the sample experienced more than three placement changes during their first spell in foster care. 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