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 is the ability to experience the feelings of another person. It goes beyond sympathy, which is caring and understanding for the suffering of others. Both words are used similarly and often interchangeably (incorrectly so) but differ subtly in their emotional meaning.