Meredith Kiraly
Biographic Data
| ID | 4451844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith Kiraly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith |
| FAMILY NAME | Kiraly |
| SIGNATURE | KIRALY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3494-9399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Reflections on Writing Life Stories with Forgotten Australians (Care Leavers): Joining the Dots
In Loco Parentis: Informal Kinship Care in Australia—Social Benefit and Material Poverty
Informal kinship care families in Australia are a large, hidden population. This article provides an overview of international research and policy developments regarding informal kinship care and considers their relevance to Australia. The benefit to children is identified along with the severe economic burden of care falling on caregiving families. Australian Federal and State policy settings are described in relation to the recognition and supp…
We’re just kids as well’: The experience and support needs of young kinship carers in Australia
This article describes Australian research that broke new ground in identifying the prevalence and life experiences of young kinship carers, and an advocacy initiative to promote recognition and support for this group. Prevalence and demographic data were derived from census analysis, and interviews with young kinship carers and young people in their care provided an in-depth picture of their life experiences. While the young people were generall…
It's good because my sister is young, and she knows what's going on’: Children's views about their young kinship carers
Much literature about kinship care has focused on the issues facing grandparent carers. An Australian research project explored the experience and support needs of young kinship carers and children in their care through analysis of census data and in‐depth interviews with young kinship carers and children/young people. This article describes the views of 16 young people. These young people expressed satisfaction with their home life and spoke of …
Unrecognized: Kinship care by young aunts, siblings and other young people
Much literature about kinship care has focused on grandparents, with limited attention to other kinship carers. This article describes results from the second part of an Australian research project that explored the prevalence, experiences and support needs of kinship carers aged 18–30 years through interviews with 41 kinship carers. Most were sisters or aunts. Findings included deep commitment of the carers to children in their care and the chil…
The nature and prevalence of kinship care: Focus on young kinship carers
Young kinship carers tend to be overlooked in kinship care policy and practice. This Australian research project explored the prevalence of kinship care households in Australia, with a particular focus on households headed by young kinship carers. Census data were utilized to explore the number of kinship care households across the carer age spectrum and some of their characteristics, including households with Indigenous carers and carers with a …
Nonfamilial kinship carers—Who are they and what support do they need to nurture children
There is a growing body of literature about kinship care in the Western world; however, much of it focuses on grandparent care. A lesser known aspect of kinship care is the care of children by nonrelatives known to the child or their family. What little research exists about this group suggests that such placements are less stable than familial kinship care. This article reports a research study in Victoria, Australia, that explored nonfamilial k…
A Kinship Care Practice Framework: Using a Life Course Approach
In recent years, kinship care has become a major contributor to the delivery of out-of-home care services in most Western jurisdictions. Over time, statutory kinship care has been modelled on the more established foster-care system. Yet the particular nature of kinship care differs from stranger care arrangements in important ways. This often results in kinship carers and their children being disadvantaged and poorly responded to within foster-ca…
It's about the whole family’: Family contact for children in kinship care
Contact with family for children in care is identified as a right under the U nited N ations C onvention on the R ights of the C hild. However, such contact often presents challenges because of the protective concerns that have led to care arrangements being made. The F amily L inks: K inship C are and F amily C ontact research study explored the nature and extent of family contact in kinship care, with a particular focus on the circumstances tha…
Family Contact for Children in Kinship Care: A Literature Review
Kinship care has been growing rapidly across the English-speaking world over the last decade. While family contact is an identified right of children removed from their families and maintains important relationships, contact with parents where there has been child abuse and neglect remains contentious. The evidence base in relation to family contact in kinship care is limited. Therefore, this article presents the current state of knowledge in the…
A tangled web: Parental contact with children in kinship care
Contact between parents and children in care is a contested area. Parental contact is recognized to be important, yet may present protective issues; in the kinship care environment, it brings the particular challenges of complex family relationships. Seeking the parents' perspective in a child protection context is difficult and therefore under‐researched. This paper describes a nested study within an Australian research project on family contact…
Perspectives From Young People about Family Contact in Kinship Care: “Don't Push Us—Listen More”
Kinship care for children as a child protection response is increasing as the preferred care option across the English-speaking world. Research into kinship care is at an early stage, particularly in relation to understanding the views of children, young people and their parents. This paper describes a component of a larger research project on the topic of family contact in kinship care, which was undertaken to inform emerging kinship care suppor…
High-frequency family contact: A road to nowhere for infants
Understanding the practices which support the best interests of infants when placed in out-of-home care in the first year of life is a significant challenge. A study based in Victoria, Australia, explored the practice by the Children's Court of ordering high-frequency contact (4–7 days a week) with the infant's mother and father when they are placed in care in the first year of life. A literature review revealed little attention to the issue of f…
A tangled web: Parental contact with children in kinship care
Contact between parents and children in care is a contested area. Parental contact is recognized to be important, yet may present protective issues; in the kinship care environment, it brings the particular challenges of complex family relationships. Seeking the parents' perspective in a child protection context is difficult and therefore under‐researched. This paper describes a nested study within an Australian research project on family contact…
It's about the whole family’: Family contact for children in kinship care
Contact with family for children in care is identified as a right under the U nited N ations C onvention on the R ights of the C hild. However, such contact often presents challenges because of the protective concerns that have led to care arrangements being made. The F amily L inks: K inship C are and F amily C ontact research study explored the nature and extent of family contact in kinship care, with a particular focus on the circumstances tha…
Perspectives From Young People about Family Contact in Kinship Care: “Don't Push Us—Listen More”
Kinship care for children as a child protection response is increasing as the preferred care option across the English-speaking world. Research into kinship care is at an early stage, particularly in relation to understanding the views of children, young people and their parents. This paper describes a component of a larger research project on the topic of family contact in kinship care, which was undertaken to inform emerging kinship care suppor…
High-frequency family contact: A road to nowhere for infants
Understanding the practices which support the best interests of infants when placed in out-of-home care in the first year of life is a significant challenge. A study based in Victoria, Australia, explored the practice by the Children's Court of ordering high-frequency contact (4–7 days a week) with the infant's mother and father when they are placed in care in the first year of life. A literature review revealed little attention to the issue of f…
The nature and prevalence of kinship care: Focus on young kinship carers
Young kinship carers tend to be overlooked in kinship care policy and practice. This Australian research project explored the prevalence of kinship care households in Australia, with a particular focus on households headed by young kinship carers. Census data were utilized to explore the number of kinship care households across the carer age spectrum and some of their characteristics, including households with Indigenous carers and carers with a …
Unrecognized: Kinship care by young aunts, siblings and other young people
Much literature about kinship care has focused on grandparents, with limited attention to other kinship carers. This article describes results from the second part of an Australian research project that explored the prevalence, experiences and support needs of kinship carers aged 18–30 years through interviews with 41 kinship carers. Most were sisters or aunts. Findings included deep commitment of the carers to children in their care and the chil…
Nonfamilial kinship carers—Who are they and what support do they need to nurture children
There is a growing body of literature about kinship care in the Western world; however, much of it focuses on grandparent care. A lesser known aspect of kinship care is the care of children by nonrelatives known to the child or their family. What little research exists about this group suggests that such placements are less stable than familial kinship care. This article reports a research study in Victoria, Australia, that explored nonfamilial k…
In Loco Parentis: Informal Kinship Care in Australia—Social Benefit and Material Poverty
Informal kinship care families in Australia are a large, hidden population. This article provides an overview of international research and policy developments regarding informal kinship care and considers their relevance to Australia. The benefit to children is identified along with the severe economic burden of care falling on caregiving families. Australian Federal and State policy settings are described in relation to the recognition and supp…
We’re just kids as well’: The experience and support needs of young kinship carers in Australia
This article describes Australian research that broke new ground in identifying the prevalence and life experiences of young kinship carers, and an advocacy initiative to promote recognition and support for this group. Prevalence and demographic data were derived from census analysis, and interviews with young kinship carers and young people in their care provided an in-depth picture of their life experiences. While the young people were generall…
It's good because my sister is young, and she knows what's going on’: Children's views about their young kinship carers
Much literature about kinship care has focused on the issues facing grandparent carers. An Australian research project explored the experience and support needs of young kinship carers and children in their care through analysis of census data and in‐depth interviews with young kinship carers and children/young people. This article describes the views of 16 young people. These young people expressed satisfaction with their home life and spoke of …
A Kinship Care Practice Framework: Using a Life Course Approach
In recent years, kinship care has become a major contributor to the delivery of out-of-home care services in most Western jurisdictions. Over time, statutory kinship care has been modelled on the more established foster-care system. Yet the particular nature of kinship care differs from stranger care arrangements in important ways. This often results in kinship carers and their children being disadvantaged and poorly responded to within foster-ca…
High-frequency family contact: A road to nowhere for infants
Understanding the practices which support the best interests of infants when placed in out-of-home care in the first year of life is a significant challenge. A study based in Victoria, Australia, explored the practice by the Children's Court of ordering high-frequency contact (4–7 days a week) with the infant's mother and father when they are placed in care in the first year of life. A literature review revealed little attention to the issue of f…
Perspectives From Young People about Family Contact in Kinship Care: “Don't Push Us—Listen More”
Kinship care for children as a child protection response is increasing as the preferred care option across the English-speaking world. Research into kinship care is at an early stage, particularly in relation to understanding the views of children, young people and their parents. This paper describes a component of a larger research project on the topic of family contact in kinship care, which was undertaken to inform emerging kinship care suppor…
Family Contact for Children in Kinship Care: A Literature Review
Kinship care has been growing rapidly across the English-speaking world over the last decade. While family contact is an identified right of children removed from their families and maintains important relationships, contact with parents where there has been child abuse and neglect remains contentious. The evidence base in relation to family contact in kinship care is limited. Therefore, this article presents the current state of knowledge in the…
A tangled web: Parental contact with children in kinship care
Contact between parents and children in care is a contested area. Parental contact is recognized to be important, yet may present protective issues; in the kinship care environment, it brings the particular challenges of complex family relationships. Seeking the parents' perspective in a child protection context is difficult and therefore under‐researched. This paper describes a nested study within an Australian research project on family contact…
It's about the whole family’: Family contact for children in kinship care
Contact with family for children in care is identified as a right under the U nited N ations C onvention on the R ights of the C hild. However, such contact often presents challenges because of the protective concerns that have led to care arrangements being made. The F amily L inks: K inship C are and F amily C ontact research study explored the nature and extent of family contact in kinship care, with a particular focus on the circumstances tha…
A Kinship Care Practice Framework: Using a Life Course Approach
In recent years, kinship care has become a major contributor to the delivery of out-of-home care services in most Western jurisdictions. Over time, statutory kinship care has been modelled on the more established foster-care system. Yet the particular nature of kinship care differs from stranger care arrangements in important ways. This often results in kinship carers and their children being disadvantaged and poorly responded to within foster-ca…
Nonfamilial kinship carers—Who are they and what support do they need to nurture children
There is a growing body of literature about kinship care in the Western world; however, much of it focuses on grandparent care. A lesser known aspect of kinship care is the care of children by nonrelatives known to the child or their family. What little research exists about this group suggests that such placements are less stable than familial kinship care. This article reports a research study in Victoria, Australia, that explored nonfamilial k…
Unrecognized: Kinship care by young aunts, siblings and other young people
Much literature about kinship care has focused on grandparents, with limited attention to other kinship carers. This article describes results from the second part of an Australian research project that explored the prevalence, experiences and support needs of kinship carers aged 18–30 years through interviews with 41 kinship carers. Most were sisters or aunts. Findings included deep commitment of the carers to children in their care and the chil…
The nature and prevalence of kinship care: Focus on young kinship carers
Young kinship carers tend to be overlooked in kinship care policy and practice. This Australian research project explored the prevalence of kinship care households in Australia, with a particular focus on households headed by young kinship carers. Census data were utilized to explore the number of kinship care households across the carer age spectrum and some of their characteristics, including households with Indigenous carers and carers with a …
It's good because my sister is young, and she knows what's going on’: Children's views about their young kinship carers
Much literature about kinship care has focused on the issues facing grandparent carers. An Australian research project explored the experience and support needs of young kinship carers and children in their care through analysis of census data and in‐depth interviews with young kinship carers and children/young people. This article describes the views of 16 young people. These young people expressed satisfaction with their home life and spoke of …
In Loco Parentis: Informal Kinship Care in Australia—Social Benefit and Material Poverty
Informal kinship care families in Australia are a large, hidden population. This article provides an overview of international research and policy developments regarding informal kinship care and considers their relevance to Australia. The benefit to children is identified along with the severe economic burden of care falling on caregiving families. Australian Federal and State policy settings are described in relation to the recognition and supp…
We’re just kids as well’: The experience and support needs of young kinship carers in Australia
This article describes Australian research that broke new ground in identifying the prevalence and life experiences of young kinship carers, and an advocacy initiative to promote recognition and support for this group. Prevalence and demographic data were derived from census analysis, and interviews with young kinship carers and young people in their care provided an in-depth picture of their life experiences. While the young people were generall…
Reflections on Writing Life Stories with Forgotten Australians (Care Leavers): Joining the Dots
Child Welfare and Adoption (13 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (11 works) · Kinship (11 works) · Kinship care (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Foster care (7 works)