Implementation and a Qualitative Evaluation of Catching Your Breath: A Collective Reflective Coaching Device

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic required great adaptations, which led ECEC managers to exhaustion, decreased work quality, and decreased patience and empathy. These affect their job well-being (Cumming & Wong, 2019). It is concerning because it is an essential component of ECEC quality services (Corr et al., 2017; Douglass, 2019). Responding to an ECEC manager’s demand, a collective reflexive coaching device was implemented: Catching your Breath. This study presents the analysis of interviews regarding the device’s themes (stress management, self-compassion and self-care) as well as its perceived strengths and limitations. The pandemic is likely to have long-term negative effects on their mental health. Catching your breath is a device that has the potential to help managers prevent further deterioration of their well-being.

Authors

• Nathalie Bigras, University of Quebec at Montreal
  Presenting Author

• Geneviève Fortin, University of Quebec at Montreal
  Non-Presenting Author

• Lise Lemay, University of Quebec at Montreal
  Non-Presenting Author

• Christelle Robert-Mazaye
  Non-Presenting Author

• Annie Charron, Université du Québec à Montréal
  Non-Presenting Author

• Stéphanie Duval, Université Laval
  Non-Presenting Author