摘要：Purposes: to verify the influence of social and familial factors in the children’s process of acquisition of written language while attending speech therapies and learn about their families sociocultural profile. Methods: this qualitative research has as subjects parents or guardians of children enrolled in reading/ writing internship of the Speech-Language Pathology of a public university. For the demographic survey, consultations to the children´s records were done besides semi structured interviews based on a guide which focused the cultural and family habits related to language and writing. Results: the study showed that the families interviewed were mostly from low income, low education, and also from cultural environments with little valorization and encouragement in using reading and writing, and this might have consequences in the academic performance of their children. Conclusion: the socioeconomic and cultural deficiency observed in the study can be minimized through the support of social community network and investments in culture and education, since there is interest and expectation of the families in the education of their children.
