Thank you for your responses. Yes, I think she was referring to the 27 point gap between the verbal and the perceptual.

He is very strong in mathematics. I looked up the scores on the achievement test and he was constant in the 160's in all mathematical subtests. I do remember her saying that is very high. She was also wondering why his verbal scores on the achievement test was in the 140s but his verbal IQ only came out as high average. Maybe this is what she was referring to when she mentioned processing issues?

Another thing I have been thinking about is his low processing speed. When doing arithmetic he is so quick. Wouldn't the processing speed affect this as well? Verbally he is not very quick and needs time to think about things. Teachers have complain about him making errors and taking a long time in all language subjects. I think they are confused since he is so good with math. They might be expecting the same in his verbal abilities.

Thank you for any input.