School districts and charter schools that enroll as Medicaid providers can receive reimbursement for school-based services provided that: The child is eligible for Medicaid Each service is specifically identified on an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
So you can clearly see the difference between the two words. Sympathy is a compassion and sorrow one feels for another, but empathy is more focused around personally identifying with or projecting oneself into anotherâs situation.
Empathy can be divided into two major components: 1  Affective empathy, also called emotional empathy: the capacity to respond with an appropriate emotion to another's mental states. 2  Cognitive empathy: the capacity to understand another's perspective or mental state.