Kriston- I think actually that your point was exactly the psych's point that I saw. That fast does not equal smart in every case (or even in many cases) but that slow does not immediately equal learning disability either. That slow can actually even mean MORE smart but wrought with perfectionism.
...or it could be something other than perfectionism.
My problem is with limiting the explanation for "slow but deep" to perfectionism (or learning disability) alone. Is that not what he said? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding his point since I'm just going from what you've said. Maybe something got lost in translation.
I'm glad he's noting that kids can be smart but not fast. That's good. But I think there are plenty of reasons other than perfectionism that are possible to explain that situation. Very often perfectionism is the only possibility suggested, and it doesn't fit every child.
We don't assume that VCI and PRI should both be high if one is high. Why assume that PSI should be high if VCI and/or PRI are high? From what you've said, it seems to me that he's still doing that, only he's assuming the PSI is a false low because of perfectionism.
My DS really is that slow! Smart, but really that slow! It's not perfectionism.
