My son is 10 and went through a long phase of chewing (a few years) which seems to have subsided a bit now. He kept chewing his tops, his bedding and paper. Anything he could get his hands on really.
The only tops he did not chew are his school clothes.
DS has always done well at school and achieves well especially in maths. He has never had any behavioural issues at school and I'm always told he is well mannered and polite.
He doesn't easily make friends and tends to just have one or two.
At home, he is not rude to me but he does get bad tempered especially losing games online which he plays with his friends from a previous school.
He starts shouting and hitting himself when something goes wrong.
But what I'm most curious about is the stimming he is doing. He does repetitive twirling movements with his fingers, holds finger and thumb together and does back and forth movements with them really quickly and jumps up and down when excited.
I can just hear him now, he's making high pitched, shrill noises (watching something on tablet and quite happy/calm).
He's able to concentrate for longer periods of time and is able to be affectionate.
He's very generous towards his sisters and often shares what he has.
I did mention it to school last year but other than that the only person who has said anything to me about it was his previous teacher who said ' his academic ability is quite a lot further ahead than his social/emotional skills'.
That kind of took me by surprise.
I don't really know where to start or even if I need to do anything.
I am wondering if he's masking at school or in different situations.