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Wanted: super foster parents for some of Scotland's most troubled youngsters

SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Naysmith, Social Affairs Correspondent

At 15, Dan is a teenage tearaway, who skips school and is believed to be dabbling in drugs. He's also on medication for depression following the death of his mother. He communicates - if at all - mainly through violence and aggression.