Neverland Club is the best bargain in WDW... I can't believe it's only $8.00/hour.
We laid some groundwork telling Emily what we were going to do a couple of days in advance. She expressed concern about where she would be going, who would be there, what would they do, etc. We stopped by in the afternoon (or maybe even the day before) and let her sniff around and check it out. We were there maybe 10-15 minutes, there were only a couple of other kids there when we were there, but that was enough to take the edge off her anxiety.
When we dropped her off, it was already familiar. She walked right over to a table of kids doing crafts, the adult supervising invited her to join in, she pulled up a chair, the supervisor got her the stuff she needed to start on whatever they were making, and as far as she was concerned, we didn't exist anymore.
We went to Flying Fish for dinner (recommended!), wandered around the Boardwalk, wandered around Epcot, then headed back to Neverland to pick her up, where we had to sit and wait about twenty more minutes while she completed the paper bag elephant puppet she was making; she refused to leave until it was done. We found out that in the meantime, she had eaten, watched a movie, played some games with other kids, and done a bunch of arts and crafts.
The woman helping her and her friend with their puppets assured me that it's always harder to pick the kids up than to drop them off.
It's a great service, and I can't recommend it highly enough.