Patrick Traynor earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. His dissertation was on classroom management. He has been published in the areas of school discipline and instructional technology in a wide variety of educational journals. In his over 15 years of experience in the field of education, Dr. Traynor has been a middle school principal, elementary school principal, middle school assistant principal, elementary vice principal, high school teacher, K-8th grade teacher, and cub scout master and den leader. Elizabeth Traynor, his wife and consulting author, is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has given talks to the medical community on various subjects including Adult Attention Deficit Disorder.

She has a private practice in Orange County, CA.