Any advice on how to emotionally process the results for your own sanity?
To emotionally process the significance of IQ test results, it may help to maintain a sense of perspective and priorities. Please keep in mind that an IQ score is just a snapshot, a measure of one aspect of personal attributes, at a point in time. An IQ score is not a full description of the whole person, and IQ test results are neither a statement of worth nor a predictor of success. Regardless of IQ scores, there are many more variables to consider, and skills to cultivate.
That said, having an IQ score (and especially having an understanding of your child's various sub-test scores) may help you better understand your child and his intellectual profile of relative strengths and weaknesses. My advice would be to retain scores (do not shred them) as IQ scores may also be useful for other future opportunities and admissions to gifted programs beyond your immediate potential interest in the Davidson Academy in Reno, Nevada.
