Donato Tarulli
Associate Professor
Department of Child and Youth Studies
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Tarulli is a developmental psychologist with interests in theoretical and meta-theoretical issues in child and youth development (e.g., What assumptions underlie our current conceptualizations of development? What are the social and cultural foundations of development? How are we to characterize the relationship between the individual and the social in the developmental process?) His recent work draws on dialogical, hermeneutic, and narrative strategies to articulate an approach to development which, while recognizing the social and cultural foundations of developmental change, also points up the importance of individual agency and concrete, lived experience. Dr. Tarulli has used this multi-disciplinary framework for examining a variety of topics, including children's play, private speech, self-understanding, child rights, and intellectual disabilities.
Research Interest
Sociocultural foundations of development (e.g., Vygotsky); Dialogical, narrative and hermeneutical approaches (e.g., Bakhtin, Gadamer); Theoretical and meta-theoretical issues in child and youth development; Self and identity development; Individual agency; Children's play; Child and youth rights; Rights and persons with intellectual disabilities
Publications
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Owen, F., Griffiths, D., Tarulli, D., & Murphy, J. (2009). Historical and theoretical foundations of the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities: Setting the stage. In F. Owen & D. Griffiths (Eds.), Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities (pp. 23-42). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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Tarulli, D., &Sales, C. (2009). Self-determination and the emerging role of person-centered planning: A dialogical framework In F. Owen & D. Griffiths (Eds.), Challenges to the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities (pp. 102-123). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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Duncan, R. M., & Tarulli, D. (2009). On the persistence of inner speech: Empirical and theoretical considerations. In A. Winsler, N. Montero, & C. Fernyhough (Eds.), Private speech, executive functioning, and the development of verbal self-regulation (pp. 176-187). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Ramey, H. L., Tarulli, D., Frijters, J. C., & Fisher, L. (2009). A sequential analysis of externalizing in narrative therapy with children. Contemporary Family Therapy, 31(4), 262-279.
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Ramey, H. L., Young, K., & Tarulli, D. (2010). Scaffolding and concept formation in narrative therapy: A qualitative research report. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 29, 74-91.
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Skott-Myhre, H., & Tarulli, D. (2011) Immanent law and the juridical: Toward a liberative ontology of human rights. In J. N. Erni (Ed.), Cultural studies of rights: Critical articulations. New York: Routledge.
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Tarulli, D., & Saaltink, R. (2012). Human rights, self-advocacy, and listening. In Griffiths, D., Owen, F., & Watson, S. (Eds.), The human rights agenda for persons with intellectual disabilities (pp. 195-218). Kingston, NY: NADD Press.
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Tarulli, D., Griffiths, D., & Owen, F. (2017). Human rights and persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities: An elusive but emerging paradigm. In J.S. Gordon, J.C. Poder, & H. Burckhart (Eds.), Human rights and disability: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 50-67). New York: Routledge.
