Certification

One Academy. Defined standards. Multiple professional credentials.

Academy of Change develops and issues its own Academy credentials through defined education, competency, ethics, practice, assessment, and completion standards.

Learn → Develop → Practice → Assess → Certify → Verify

Academy Signature Programs

Programs created, developed, delivered, assessed, and certified by Academy of Change.

Self-Transformational Grief Coaching™ (STGC)

Step 1 — Foundation • Self: Self-Leadership Through Loss™

Step 1 is the required foundation and prerequisite for the STGC professional certification pathway. Every participant begins here — regardless of previous education, professional title, years of experience, or coaching specialization. Previous education and professional experience are respected; the STGC Foundation establishes the shared Self-Leadership, Loss-Informed understanding, language, principles, and foundational competencies required for everyone entering the pathway.

No exemptions. One foundation. One STGC pathway.

Credential: Certificate of Participation — Foundation

Step 2 — Practitioner • Others: Self-Transformational Grief Coaching™

Professional competency development, coaching practice, assessment, and a 10-week supervised practicum. At Step 2, graduates may begin professional coaching practice within their training, competence, defined scope of practice, and applicable local laws and regulations.

Each certified Practitioner receives an individual Academy Credential ID, for example: AOC-STGC-P-2027-0025.

Credential: Certified Self-Transformational Grief Coach™ — Practitioner

Step 3 — Advanced Practitioner: Advanced Self-Transformational Grief Coaching™

Advanced competencies, supervision, and specialized professional practice.

Credential: Certified Self-Transformational Grief Coach™ — Advanced Practitioner

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Academy Certified Programs

Qualified educators, trainers, coaches, and subject-matter experts may submit independently developed educational programs for review against Academy of Change standards.

Submit → Review → Align → Approve → Deliver → Assess → Certify

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Academy Collaborative Programs

Academy of Change welcomes collaboration with qualified educators, coaches, trainers, subject-matter experts, organizations, and educational partners who wish to develop or deliver programs with the Academy.

Apply → Curriculum review → Faculty review → Competency alignment → Ethics & scope review → Approval → Delivery → Quality assurance

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Organizational training & professional development

Organizational education is a separate pathway from professional certification. Academy may provide customized training with defined learning outcomes, development objectives, training hours, competencies, and completion requirements.

Eligible completed training may receive a Certificate of Completion, Professional Development Hours (PD Hours), and a training completion record for HR / Learning & Development.

Organizations

Verify an Academy credential

Academy credentials are designed to be individually identifiable and verifiable.

Credential holder name • Program • Credential earned • Completion / issue date • Credential ID • Credential status • Issued by Academy of Change Limited — Canada

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Our certification standards

Education • Ethics • Defined learning outcomes • Competency development • Assessment • Practice / supervised practice • Professional responsibility • Scope awareness • Referral awareness • Quality assurance

Academy-issued credentials represent successful completion of the applicable Academy requirements. They do not, by themselves, constitute a university degree, government accreditation, psychotherapy or healthcare licence, or authorization to practise a regulated profession.

Learn. Develop. Practice. Certify. Verify. Lead.