Hi-
I know there is another perfectionism thread, but I wanted to get a little more specific. Almost all the people involved in Mite's (8yr old 2E boy) testing and evaluation have said he has extreme perfectionism and performance anxiety.
Apparently he really takes his time answering questions, even on timed tests, and this is having a severe impact on his results. In addition, he has performance anxiety and often, during the test, says things like "I'm doomed now" or "No hope for poor Mite in that concept".
Poor guy!!! The district psychologist said that seemed to effect the PSI (which was 50 points lower than the VCI, but still in low average range) because Mite refused to pick up his pace to accomodate the time limit.
What to do??? Should we stop testing? Are there better techniques? Do we give him DRUGS to calm him down? Or do I just pull out my hair?
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