Ultramarina, your daughter has enough symptoms of CAPD to make it worth investigating further. She is managing well--but what if life could be so much easier and less confusing?! Also, I agree with DMA that children with CAPD often have anxiety.
We just went through a CAPD diagnosis. The steps were:
1. See a local audiologist to rule out hearing loss. A standard hearing test should be covered by your insurance. Your local audiologist can give a regular hearing test (sorry, I don't remember if you said you'd done this recently). CAPD and hearing loss can present similarly in some ways, so it is important to rule out hearing loss. The Drs. Eide recommended this step (I think in the chapter "What? Huh? Auditory Problems in Children" in their book The Mislabeled Child). If the neighborhood audiologist rules out hearing loss, proceed to next step.
2. Get an assessment for Auditory Processing Disorder. This is a relatively new field and only some specialists will be able to do this testing. We paid about $600 for a comprehensive assessment. It was about 1.5 hours of testing (and then we met with the doctor for another 1-2 hours), so the whole thing took a morning. You may be lucky enough to live near such a specialist.
The results were incredibly helpful for us. There is a lot that can be done to make life less frustrating for the kid (and the whole family)!
One result of a CAPD diagnosis would be specific accommodations in school. These may include where your DD sits in the room, an FM system, and/or taking tests in a quiet environment.
Sorry, I don't know about school testing.
Good luck!
