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their direct personal experience with foster care, have great insight regarding how transitions to new placement can be improved for foster children; their voices need to be heard. References Cole, S. A. (2005). Infants in foster care: Relational and environmental factors affecting attachment. Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology , 23 (1), 43-61. doi:10.1080/02646830512331330947 Davila, J., & Levy, M. N. (2006). Introduction to the special section on attachment theory and psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 74 (6), 989-993. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.74.6.989 Dozier, M., Lindhiem, O., Lewis, E., Bick, J., Bernard, K., & Peloso, E. (2009). Effects of a foster parent training program on young children’s attachment behaviors: Preliminary evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal , 26 (4), 321-332. doi:10.1007/s10560-009-0165-1 Ponciano, L. (2010). Attachment in foster care: The role of maternal sensitivity, adoption, and foster mother experience. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal , 27 (2), 97-114. doi:10.1007/s10560-010-0192-y Simmel, C., Barth, R. P., & Brooks, D. (2007). Adopted foster youths’ psychosocial functioning: A longitudinal perspective. Child & Family Social Work , 12 (4), 336-348. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00481.x Schofield, G., & Beek, M. (2009). Growing up in foster care: Providing a secure base through adolescence. Child & Family Social Work , 14 (3), 255-266. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00592.x