I wasn't given any total achievement scores - is that something I should look for?
My son is definitely frustrated by timed stuff, now I'm wondering if some of his other issues could be attributed to the processing speed as well. Math that he's done since he was tiny (even super simple stuff like 6+1) he really has to think about the second a timer is involved. So there is high anxiety, and the frustration that comes from not being able to think fast enough. But more importantly (more important because its not so easy to identify and not already being accommodated) I wonder how much of what we see as him "spacing out" or being not on task with assignments in class is really him looking over the sheet (and because he can read exceptionally quickly, we may not be noticing him look it over) and then spending time processing it in his head? According to all the in-class observations, he gets an assignment then spends a chunk of the allotted time not on task, the does the assignment very quickly right at the end. None of these tasks are the ones he is interested in or engaged in, or challenged by, I should note. Asked to write a poem, he sat right down, whipped it out and handed it in (and left his teacher speechless).
I do not see perfectionist qualities in my son, although its something I should look for (my DD is SUCH a perfectionist, that its hard to remember perfectionism has variations). In many ways we see him doing his work very carelessly (sloppy writing, no capitals/punctuation, etc.). Some of this is sensory issues - the poor pencil grip, difficulty with fine motor. He's never upset (or at least not visibly or at the time) by the fact that he's not done work neatly -- although he does occasionally become very upset by the idea of having to do assignments that do have to be done well and carefully (like a final copy of a bigger assignment), and I wonder if its an acknowledgement of his inability to do it as quickly as he can think about it. He verbally expresses it more as a resentment of homework, and of having to do something perfectly, but...
