TY - GEN AU - Suarez Enciso, Sonia AU - Yang, Hyeri Mel AU - Chacon Ugarte, Gabriela TI - Skills for Life Series: Empathy & Compassion PY - 2024 Y1 - 2024/08/15 DO - 10.18235/0013113 AB - Empathy and compassion are vital skills for emotional and social development, motivating prosocial behaviors and effective conflict resolution. Empathy involves understanding others' emotions, while compassion drives actions to alleviate their suffering. These skills can be developed through educational programs and interventions like mindfulness and emotional intelligence training. In this brief, we introduce more about its relevance, successful initiatives to foster them, and tools to measure them. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0013113 ER -