Might be a misunderstanding, over here the term "abinitio" programs is usually used for airline sponsored abinitio training of its pilots, the normal way to enter the airline world since the last wolrd war. Yes it is the private flying forum, but the lines are quite often blurry especially as many of us who fly professionally also fly in their free time.
Anyway, as my first training was private aviation as well, albeit glider flying, I like the idea of spin awareness training during the initial part of it, right after stall training. It was back then a mandatory part of the syllabus as well. It wasn't for powered flight and I always wandered about the difference, but much of that was easily explained with the old moniker that those powered flight only pilots never really learned to fly well in the first place.