The research aimed to develop a protocol to contribute to the identification of students with
indicators of high abilities/giftedness in higher education. This proposal arose from the need
for protocols to identify students with indicators of high skills/giftedness in higher education,
which can contribute to the creation of records for this special education audience by
universities, based on the Accessibility Centers, as already pointed out in National Education
Guidelines and Bases Law (LDBEN) – Law No. 9,394, of 1996 (Brazil, 1996). The
epistemological bases for the research were the theories that support protocols for identifying
high abilities/giftedness. The main theory of the research and educational product is Renzulli's
Three Ring Model (1986). The methodology is exploratory with a qualitative nature. The
educational product is a protocol, called “PROAHS: Protocol for identifying students with
indicators of High Skills/Giftedness in Higher Education”, created in the format of a Portable
Document Format (PDF) for presentation and availability. The platform used to create the
product was Canva. The Design thinking approach was used as part of the methodological
process for creating the product. The steps and content of the protocol are based on Renzulli's
Three Ring Model (1986). The forms used were created and adapted from models aimed at
Basic Education, since it was identified that there were no protocols for the public studied in
this research in Higher Education. The protocol is organized as follows: the initial part provides
a contextualization of Accessibility Cores, high abilities/giftedness and Renzulli's Three Rings
Theory. After the topics, there are the five steps listed for the student identification process.
The validation of the product was carried out with 06 coordinators from the Accessibility Center
in the North Region and 01 coordinator from the High Skills/Giftedness Activity Center in Pará.
The result pointed to the Accessibility Centers as one of the possible spaces to use the product,
which it was also considered as a viable alternative for the initial identification of students in
higher education institutions. Thus, the protocol is another tool to help education professionals,
which aims to guarantee the right to educational assistance for students with high
skills/giftedness in Higher Education, Special Education audiences.
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