of the communicative effects of the rapport phase, and the collaborative play rapport approach. Acknowledgements There are a great number of people who have supported me, either personally or professionally, during the course of my PhD. First of all I would like to thank the ESRC for funding my research and therefore providing the financial support without which the current project would not have been possible. Next I would like to thank all of the police officers, social workers, children and schools who took the time to participate in my research. A special thank you goes to my supervisors Dr Martin Doherty and Professor Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon for their support. Martin took me on as his PhD student during my second year when Gwyneth moved to Northumbria University, and I am extremely appreciative of his thoroughness and attention to detail when evaluating my work. He has also finally taught me the fine art of how to write concisely! Despite her move to another University Gwyneth has remained a constant source of support and her dedication and hard work never fails to amaze me. She has been my inspiration throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate studies and I hope that our collaboration on this project will not be our last. Thank you also to Victoria Plant, Kayleigh Atkinson, Rebecca Duffield and Stacey Mitchell who were my research assistants during data collection for studies three and four. They kindly allowed me to dress them as pirates which created the event for the children to recall.
of the communicative effects of the rapport phase, and the collaborative play rapport approach. Acknowledgements There are a great number of people who have supported me, either personally or professionally, during the course of my PhD. First of all I would like to thank the ESRC for funding my research and therefore providing the financial support without which the current project would not have been possible. Next I would like to thank all of the police officers, social workers, children and schools who took the time to participate in my research. A special thank you goes to my supervisors Dr Martin Doherty and Professor Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon for their support. Martin took me on as his PhD student during my second year when Gwyneth moved to Northumbria University, and I am extremely appreciative of his thoroughness and attention to detail when evaluating my work. He has also finally taught me the fine art of how to write concisely! Despite her move to another University Gwyneth has remained a constant source of support and her dedication and hard work never fails to amaze me. She has been my inspiration throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate studies and I hope that our collaboration on this project will not be our last. Thank you also to Victoria Plant, Kayleigh Atkinson, Rebecca Duffield and Stacey Mitchell who were my research assistants during data collection for studies three and four. They kindly allowed me to dress them as pirates which created the event for the children to recall.