Project Schedule:

Jan-Mar 2010	preparation of a questionnaire by Copenhagen university
Mar-Apr 2010	query of 70 persons with Down syndrome concerning their mathematical skills
May-June 2010	evaluation of the Copenhagen questionnaire/investigation
June 2010	launch of the website Yes, we can!: www.downsyndrom-yeswecan.eu
June 2010-Jan 2011	development of the working method "calculating with right and left" and correlated materials
Mar 2011	training course in Austria for two persons from participating nations – training courses for 15 to 20 persons
Apr-Oct 2011	practical application of method and materials in instructing ca. 100 young people with Down syndrome in partner countries
through Dec 2011	preparation of a handbook on method and observations within the project, a math toolbox and a DVD

Meetings:

21-23 Jan 2010	Leoben, Austria
24-26 June 2010	Copenhagen, Denmark
20-22 Jan 2011	Nuremberg, Germany
20-22 Oct 2011	Prague, The Czech Republic
June 2010-Jan 2011	development of the working method "calculating with right and left" and correlated materials

Training courses:

Multiplication

1-2 Mar 2011

Leoben, Austria

Train the trainer

21-22 Mar 2011	Denmark
25-26 Mar 2011	Germany
24-25 Mar 2011	Rumania and Italy
28-29 Mar 2011	The Czech Republic
31 Mar-1 Apr 2011	Austria

First Meeting in Leoben, Austria

Bernadette Wieser (right) of the organisation "Hand in Hand" and leader of the Down-Syndrome Institute in Leoben, Austria, is the initiator of the EU project "Yes we can!" She developed the projects programme and successfully applied for a grant from the Grundtvig Programme "Lifelong Learning". Anita Hotter is the project manager of "Yes we can!".
At the first meeting of the project partners in Leoben in January 2010, Bernadette Wieser and Anita Hotter could proudly display the official plaque presented to the organisation "Hand in Hand" after the launch of the project in Brussels.

Second Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark

The second meeting of the "Yes we can!" project will take place in Copenhagen on 24 and 25 June 2010. The Analysis of Need will be presented, and workshops on financial and pedagogical topics are also on the agenda.