"Invisible" was written, constructed and produced by Maureen Schiller.

Maureen is an eating disorders practitioner, who is also a counsellor, supervisor and trainer. Her work in the field of eating disorders goes back some years to 1977, when she was a founder member of the committee which developed the self help network of Anorexic Aid, which was later incorporated in a merger to become Eating Disorders Association. Her involvement in the formative years of the organisation included:

• Developing the Self-Help network
• Setting up and co-facilitating self-help groups in Middlesex, London and Herts
• Initiating the members' magazine
• Establishing the first national Helpline for support around eating disorders
• Developing workshops to raise awareness about eating disorders and the underlying issues for schools, youth and community, agencies, counsellors, other multidisciplinary professionals and community groups.

More recently her work has focused on developing services around eating disorders in Buckinghamshire, where she initiated the Chiltern Eating Disorders Helpline and Eating Disorders Support (Chiltern).  Working in partnership with the multiagency group in the Chiltern area, she was involved in the local initiative CHYP (Community Health for Young People), developing a play called "Invisible" with Raw Theatre (a theatre in education company).

It is a film of this play, together with a summary of the information and experience she has acquired over the years, which have been integrated to form the content of the DVD "Invisible". The material contained in this Teachers' Edition has been edited from "Invisible" Professional Edition.

For further information about "Invisible" go to www.eatingdisordersresources.co.uk

Maureen is producing other multimedia resources. "About being me" is a series of multimedia resources for 8-11's featuring 'The Red Pepper Gang. They include:
Being adventurous (Billy's Story) - about taking safe risk and unsafe risks.
Being healthy (Jamie's Story) - about exercise, food and balance in life.
Being yourself (Saff's Story) - about fitting in, self esteem and peer pressure.
Being brave (Kaz's Story) - coping with bereavement and achieving for yourself.
Being new (Trish's Story)

For further information go to www.aboutbeingme.co.uk

Maureen welcomes any feedback or comments you have about the resource by email: invisible@maureenschiller.co.uk.