Childcare club houses

Does anyone have experience with children with emotional/behavioral issues going to the childcare clubs?

My favorite thing from my first trip to Disney and the only think I can remember 30 years later is the childcare club. We will be staying at the Polynesian and I am wanting my daughter to get to get to go to kilos clubhouse (& I could really use any break I can get).

My kid can be sweet, charming, social, and funny most of the time but when things are chaotic, and if she feels "wronged" (someone not sharing, someone numbing not her, etc) she can push, shove, or scream and when she's upset she can have screaming fights with adults or take off running.... for what it's worth, we are working on these things and she has 1:1 at school and lots of therapy.

Writing this, it sounds crazy to have her go but I hate having her miss out. I would be happy to sit in quiet outside the room and read but be near in case she has trouble.

When are you traveling? Disney is going to be closing the kids' clubs at the end of July.

My DD has autism and can exhibit some of the behaviors you describe. She always did fine in the kids clubs and really enjoyed them. One of my favorite memories from our trips was a night when she spent a couple hours in the Neverland Club at the Poly. I came to pick her up and one of the CMs said "we wanted to talk to you." My stomach dropped and I was filled with dread. I asked "did something happen?" And their response was "Oh no, not with her. We had some boys misbehaving but she did great. We wanted to show you what she was doing." They pulled out a stack of drawings and described how she was designing rides for the parks. She apparently went around and polled the kids in the club to see what they liked and then sat down and began making drawings of rides.

She's too old for the clubs now, but it made me sad to read that the clubs were closing.

Here’s a link to the story about the closing: http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories...enters-at-walt-disney-world-to-close-july-31/

The reason listed for closing them is that less guests had been using them.

REEREEG said:

... she has 1:1 at school and lots of therapy.

Writing this, it sounds crazy to have her go but I hate having her miss out. I would be happy to sit in quiet outside the room and read but be near in case she has trouble.

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She has a 1:1 at school... does she participate in any other group activities without a 1:1 -- Girl Scouts, dance, soccer, art class, etc.? I'd suggest discussing this with either the 1:1 or one of her therapists -- and have them help her work on some "independence" within a group if that isn't already happening. If she can function well enough in a group setting without a 1:1, she will probably be good to attend the kids club; but if she really can't make it 15 minutes without some intervention by the 1:1, the WDW kids club isn't likely to work out for her and create a lot of unnecessary stress for her.

As for "having her miss out" -- the vast majority of kids who go to WDW never set foot in one of the kids clubs. She can have a wonderful vacation experiencing WDW and never know she "missed" anything. And that's assuming your trip is this spring before the clubs close. By next fall, no one will get to have that experience anyway.

Enjoy your vacation!