Merlion Academy – Borderless Training

Welcome to
Merlion Academy

Merlion Academy is an accredited & approved academy of renowned tertiary institutions and professional organisations such as IACT and AETS to deliver content rich professional licensure qualifications and academic courses with rigor and depth. Obtain worldwide recognised certification as an educational therapist, reading therapist, arts therapist and behavioral therapist to start your practice.

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Welcome to
Merlion Academy

Merlion Academy takes ownership in training aspiring & passionate therapists and special needs community practitioners equipping them with the right professional knowledge and skills who believe in serving children and adolescents with learning differences or special needs.

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HIGHLIGHTS

ADVANCE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATIONAL THERAPY

In partnership with SMU Academy, this programme is designed for both employed professionals and self-sponsored individuals who wants to step up to be a special educator, therapist, and learning support professional, committed to making a real difference in the lives of students with diverse learning needs. SkillsFuture funding (including SkillsFuture Credit, Workfare Skills Support Scheme, SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy and Enhanced Training Support For SMEs) is available to Singaporeans/ Permanent Residents.

SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATIONAL THERAPIST PRACTISING LICENCE

Educational Therapy, officially recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) under procedure code 93.82 in the ICD-9-CM, Volume 3 since 1986, is the gold standard, non-pharmacological approach to addressing a wide range of learning difficulties, disorders, differences, and deficits. The Special Needs Educational Therapist practising licence is awarded by IACT and the programme is accredited by the Association of Educational Therapists (Singapore), granting graduates full membership eligibility upon completion.

PRACTISING LICENCE PROGRAMMES

Merlion Academy is the only organisation in Asia authorised by the International Association of Counselors & Therapists (IACT) to offer its Practising Licence Certification, specialising in training educational therapists, arts therapists, reading therapists, and special needs community practitioners. Merlion Academy also supervises and verifies trainees’ work in support of their IACT membership application.

IACT is the largest and most prestigious professional body of its kind, based in the USA, with approximately 40,000 members globally. Admission requires fulfilment of rigorous Practising Licence Programme requirements, and membership is a mark of high standards and excellence, reflecting the practitioner’s extensive education, training, and evaluation. The practising licence is widely recognised internationally.

Practising licence holders are clinically knowledgeable, skilled, and highly respected professionals. They are eligible to establish therapy or special educational needs centres globally, and to provide intervention and therapy programmes for children, adolescents, and adults with special educational needs.

IACT’s practising licence comprises three tiers: Credentialed (Therapist), Registered (Assessor), and Board Certified (Diagnostician), with Board Certified being the highest. Members are eligible to practise in many countries across North America, Asia, Europe, and beyond.