SEND IASS - Top tips for meetings factsheet

If the discussion is not moving in the direction, you want

In the following example questions x is used to represent the missing topic of conversation.

An example of questions if the discussion is not moving in the direction you want are:

have you considered x(you can give an idea)
my understanding is x (especially helpful if you are certain of a fact and want to put this forward in a way that won't create ill feeling)
I have heard that x can be helpful, could we try that?
if you can't do x, what could you do instead?

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