Within the European Lifelong learning Project PRECIOUS (www.precious.at) a Mastercurriculum towards the training of professionals in Early Childhood was developed.Precious is based on increased empirical data, that a) ECI requires an academicprofessional training and b) that specific professional trainings are correlated withbetter effects. This 2-year training (120 ECTS) within the 1st year deepens the scientificaspect of ECI (Scientific Research in ECI: 15 ECTS; Recognition and Detection: 10ECTS; Working together with Families: 10 ECTS; Working in Teams: 10 ETCS;Individual Intervention: 10 ECTS, Personal Competences: 5 ECTS). Within the 2ndyear3 possible specialised strands are available, focussing on diverse needs ofprofessionals:Specialisation A: Management, Research and Quality Control in ECI(60 ECTS, Specialisation B: Resilient Families focusing on the needs of sociallydisadvantaged families, and Specialisation C: Inclusive support focusing on specificsyndromes (autism, complex learning difficulties, low birth weight babies). The MasterCourses will be implemented in Germany (Gera, Nordhausen, Hamburg) and in future will enable international European courses, supported by specifically developed elearning-tools and online-resources

Early intervention, professional training, online resources.